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"Ghent  Hotel de Ville, some say finest specimen of Gothic architecture in Europe  where my mother lives. You could see the house if that church wasn't there." "Just passed Alost  great hop centre. My grandfather used to live there; he's dead now." GHENT HOTEL DE VILLE SOME SAY FINEST SPECIMEN OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE WHERE MY MOTHER LIVES YOU COULD SEE THE HOUSE IF THAT CHURCH WASN'T THERE JUST PAST ALOST GREAT HOP CENTRE MY GRANDFATHER USED TO LIVE THERE HE'S DEAD NOW
--An Eccentric Train.--Outrage on an Englishman.--Alone in Europe.--Difficulty of Making German Waiters Understand Scandinavian.--Danger of Knowing Too Many Languages.--A Wearisome Journey.--Cologne, Ahoy! There was a very well-informed Belgian in the carriage, and he told us something interesting about nearly every town through which we passed. I felt that if I could have kept awake, and have listened to that man, and remembered what he said, and not mixed things up, I should have learnt a good deal about the country between Ostend and Cologne. He had relations in nearly every town, had this man. I suppose there have been, and are, families as large and as extensive as his; but I never heard of any other family that made such a show. They seemed to have been planted out with great judgment, and were now all over the country. Every time I awoke, I caught some such scattered remark as: "Bruges--you can see the belfry from this side--plays a polka by Haydn every hour. My aunt lives here. Y FOURTH CONTINUED A MAN OF FAMILY AN ECCENTRIC TRAIN OUTRAGE ON AN ENGLISHMAN ALONE IN EUROPE DIFFICULTY OF MAKING GERMAN WAITERS UNDERSTAND SCANDINAVIAN DANGER OF KNOWING TOO MANY LANGUAGES A WEARISOME JOURNEY COLOGNE A HOY THERE WAS A VERY WELL INFORMED BELGIAN IN THE CARRIAGE AND HE TOLD US SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT NEARLY EVERY TOWN THROUGH WHICH WE PASSED I FELT THAT IF I COULD HAVE KEPT AWAKE AND HAVE LISTENED TO THAT MAN AND REMEMBERED WHAT HE SAID AND NOT MIXED THINGS UP I SHOULD HAVE LEARNED A GOOD DEAL ABOUT THE COUNTRY BETWEEN OSTEND AND COLOGNE HE HAD RELATIONS IN NEARLY EVERY TOWN HAD THIS MAN I SUPPOSE THERE HAVE BEEN AND ARE FAMILIES AS LARGE AND AS EXTENSIVE AS HIS BUT I NEVER HEARD OF ANY OTHER FAMILY THAT MADE SUCH A SHOW THEY SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN PLANTED OUT WITH GREAT JUDGMENT AND WERE NOW ALL OVER THE COUNTRY EVERY TIME I AWOKE I CAUGHT SOME SUCH SCATTERED REMARK AS BRUGES YOU CAN SEE THE BELFRY FROM THIS SIDE PLAYS A POLKA BY HAYDN EVERY HOUR MY AUNT LIVES THERE
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