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The chambermaid (a staid old lady of about fifty) did not think that anything better could be done for us by the hotel fraternity of Cologne, and seemed to think that the river was more what we wanted. I fancied that the old soul was speaking sarcastically, but B. said "No;" she was thinking of the baths alongside the river, and suggested that we should go there. THE CHAMBERMAID A STAID OLD LADY OF ABOUT FIFTY DID NOT THINK THAT ANYTHING BETTER COULD BE DONE FOR US BY THE HOTEL FRATERNITY OF COLOGNE AND SEEMED TO THINK THAT THE RIVER WAS MORE WHAT WE WANTED I FANCIED THAT THE OLD SOUL WAS SPEAKING SARCASTICALLY BUT B SAID NO SHE WAS THINKING OF THE BATHS ALONGSIDE THE RIVER AND SUGGESTING THAT WE SHOULD GO THERE
ng to bed for a couple of hours. We go to bed at odd moments, when we happen to come across a bed, and have a few minutes to spare. We have been to bed this afternoon, and are now having another breakfast; and I am not quite sure whether it is yesterday or to-morrow, or what day it is. I shall not attempt to write up this diary in the orthodox manner, therefore; but shall fix in a few lines whenever I have half-an-hour with nothing better to do. We washed ourselves in the Rhine at Cologne (we had not had a wash since we had left our happy home in England). We started with the idea of washing ourselves at the hotel; but on seeing the basin and water and towel provided, I decided not to waste my time playing with them. As well might Hercules have attempted to tidy up the Augean stables with a squirt. We appealed to the chambermaid. We explained to her that we wanted to wash--to clean ourselves--not to blow bubbles. Could we not have bigger basins and more water and more extensive towels?  JUST GOT UP OR AM JUST GOING TO BED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS WE GO TO BED AT ODD MOMENTS WHEN WE HAPPEN TO COME ACROSS A BED AND HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO SPARE WE HAVE BEEN TO BED THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE NOW HAVING ANOTHER BREAKFAST AND I AM NOT QUITE SURE WHETHER IT IS YESTERDAY OR TO MORROW OR WHAT DAY IT IS I SHALL NOT ATTEMPT TO WRITE UP THIS DIARY IN THE ORTHODOX MANNER THEREFORE BUT SHALL FIX IN A FEW LINES WHENEVER I HAVE HALF AN HOUR WITH NOTHING BETTER TO DO WE WASHED OURSELVES IN THE RHINE AT COLOGNE WE HAD NOT HAD A WASH SINCE WE LEFT OUR HAPPY HOME IN ENGLAND WE STARTED WITH THE IDEA OF WASHING OURSELVES AT THE HOTEL BUT ON SEEING THE BASIN AND WATER AND TOWEL PROVIDED I DECIDED NOT TO WASTE MY TIME PLAYING WITH THEM AS WELL MIGHT HERCULES HAVE ATTEMPTED TO TIDY UP THE ORGIAN STABLES WITH A SQUIRT WE APPEALED TO THE CHAMBERMAID WE EXPLAINED TO HER THAT WE WANTED TO WASH TO CLEAN OURSELVES NOT TO BLOW BUBBLES COULD WE NOT HAVE BIGGER BASINS AND MORE WATER AND MORE EXTENSIVE TOWELS
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