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I have often read of a man's better nature being suddenly awakened. I HAVE OFTEN READ OF A MAN'S BETTER NATURE BEING SUDDENLY AWAKENED
riage door we saw that every seat was already booked. A bag was in one space and a rug in another, an umbrella booked a third, and so on. Nobody was there, but the seats were gone! It is the unwritten law among travellers that a man's luggage deposited upon a seat, shall secure that seat to him until he comes to sit upon it himself. This is a good law and a just law, and one that, in my normal state, I myself would die to uphold and maintain. But at three o'clock on a chilly morning one's moral sensibilities are not properly developed. The average man's conscience does not begin work till eight or nine o'clock--not till after breakfast, in fact. At three a.m. he will do things that at three in the afternoon his soul would revolt at. Under ordinary circumstances I should as soon have thought of shifting a man's bag and appropriating his seat as an ancient Hebrew squatter would have thought of removing his neighbour's landmark; but at this time in the morning my better nature was asleep. P AND OPENED THE CARRIAGE DOOR WE SAW THAT EVERY SEAT WAS ALREADY BOOKED A BAG WAS IN ONE SPACE AND A RUG IN ANOTHER AN UMBRELLA BOOKED A THIRD AND SO ON NOBODY WAS THERE BUT THE SEATS WERE GONE IT IS THE UNWRITTEN LAW AMONG TRAVELLERS THAT A MAN'S LUGGAGE DEPOSITED UPON A SEAT SHALL SECURE THAT SEAT TO HIM UNTIL HE COMES TO SIT UPON IT HIMSELF THIS IS A GOOD LAW AND A JUST LAW AND ONE THAT IN MY NORMAL STATE I MYSELF WOULD DIE TO UPHOLD AND MAINTAIN BUT AT THREE O'CLOCK ON A CHILLY MORNING ONE'S MORAL SENSIBILITIES ARE NOT PROPERLY DEVELOPED THE AVERAGE MAN'S CONSCIENCE DOES NOT BEGIN WORK TILL EIGHT OR NINE O'CLOCK NOT TILL AFTER BREAKFAST IN FACT AT THREE A M HE WILL DO THINGS THAT AT THREE IN THE AFTERNOON HIS SOUL WOULD REVOLT AT UNDER ORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES I SHOULD AS SOON HAVE THOUGHT OF SHIFTING A MAN'S BAG AND APPROPRIATING HIS SEAT AS AN ANCIENT HEBREW SQUATTER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF REMOVING HIS NEIGHBOUR'S LANDMARK BUT AT THIS TIME IN THE MORNING MY BETTER NATURE WAS ASLEEP
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