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This is a good law and a just law, and one that, in my normal state, I myself would die to uphold and maintain. THIS IS A GOOD LAW AND A JUST LAW AND ONE THAT IN MY NORMAL STATE I MYSELF WOULD DIE TO UPHOLD AND MAINTAIN
lgium," I replied sleepily; "I thought we were in Germany. I didn't know." And then, in a burst of confidence, I added, feeling that further deceit was useless, "I don't know where I am, you know." "No, I thought you didn't," he replied. "That is exactly the idea you give anybody. I wish you'd wake up a bit." We waited about an hour at Ostend, while our train was made up. There was only one carriage labelled for Cologne, and four more passengers wanted to go there than the compartment would hold. Not being aware of this, B. and I made no haste to secure places, and, in consequence, when, having finished our coffee, we leisurely strolled up 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. T YOU MEAN FROM YOUR GERMAN OH ARE WE IN BELGIUM I REPLIED SLEEPILY I THOUGHT WE WERE IN GERMANY I DIDN'T KNOW AND THEN IN A BURST OF CONFIDENCE I ADDED FEELING THAT FURTHER DECEIT WAS USELESS I DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM YOU KNOW NO I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T HE REPLIED THAT IS EXACTLY THE IDEA YOU GIVE ANYBODY I WISH YOU'D WAKE UP A BIT WE WAITED ABOUT AN HOUR AT OSTEND WHILE OUR TRAIN WAS MADE UP THERE WAS ONLY ONE CARRIAGE LABELLED FOR COLOGNE AND FOUR MORE PASSENGERS WANTED TO GO THERE THAN THE COMPARTMENT WOULD HOLD NOT BEING AWARE OF THIS B AND I MADE NO HASTE TO SECURE PLACES AND IN CONSEQUENCE WHEN HAVING FINISHED OUR COFFEE WE LEISURELY STROLLED UP 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
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