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Anyhow, there they were in a first class carriage; and there was the collector at the door, looking indignantly at their second class tickets, and waiting to hear what they had to say for themselves. ANYHOW THERE THEY WERE IN A FIRST GLASS CARRIAGE AND THERE WAS THE COLLECTOR AT THE DOOR LOOKING INDIGNANTLY AT THEIR SECOND CLASS TICKETS AND WAITING TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY FOR THEMSELVES
aracter, he having made it clear to the satisfaction of the court--firstly, That he did not know that our tickets were only slow-train tickets; secondly, That he was not aware that we were not travelling by a slow train; and thirdly, That he was ready to pay the difference in the fares. He blamed himself for having done this last, however, afterwards. He seemed to think that he could have avoided this expense by assuming ignorance of the German language. He said that two years ago, when he was travelling in Germany with three other men, the authorities came down upon them in much the same way for travelling first-class with second-class tickets. Why they were doing this B. did not seem able to explain very clearly. He said that, if he recollected rightly, the guard had told them to get into a first-class, or else they had not had time to get into a second-class, or else they did not know they were not in a second-class. I must confess his explanation appeared to me to be somewhat lame. A STAIN UPON HIS CHARACTER HE HAVING MADE IT CLEAR TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COURT FIRSTLY THAT HE DID NOT KNOW THAT OUR TICKETS WERE ONLY SLOW TRAIN TICKETS SECONDLY THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT WE WERE NOT TRAVELLING BY A SLOW TRAIN AND THIRDLY THAT HE WAS READY TO PAY THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FAIRS HE BLAMED HIMSELF FOR HAVING DONE THIS LAST HOWEVER AFTERWARD HE SEEMED TO THINK THAT HE COULD HAVE AVOIDED THIS EXPENSE BY ASSUMING IGNORANCE OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE HE SAID THAT TWO YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS TRAVELLING IN GERMANY WITH THREE OTHER MEN THE AUTHORITIES CAME DOWN UPON THEM IN MUCH THE SAME WAY FOR TRAVELLING FIRST CLASS WITH SECOND CLASS TICKETS WHY THEY WERE DOING THIS B DID NOT SEEM ABLE TO EXPLAIN VERY CLEARLY HE SAID THAT IF HE RECOLLECTED RIGHTLY THE GUARD HAD TOLD THEM TO GET INTO A FIRST CLASS OR ELSE THEY HAD NOT HAD TIME TO GET INTO A SECOND CLASS OR ELSE THEY DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY WERE NOT IN A SECOND CLASS I MUST CONFESS HIS EXPLANATION APPEARED TO ME TO BE SOMEWHAT LAME
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