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She explains the trick to him and leaves, and he undresses and crawls in. The pillows give him a good deal of worry. He does not know whether he is meant to sit on them or merely to lean up against them. SHE EXPLAINS THE TRICK TO HIM AND LEAVES AND HE UNDRESSES AND CRAWLS IN THE PILLOWS GIVE HIM A GOOD DEAL OF WORRY HE DOES NOT KNOW WHETHER HE HAS MEANT TO SIT ON THEM OR MERELY TO LEAN UP AGAINST THEM
loor. He is very much surprised. It looks to him the sort of bed that a man would make for himself on coming home late from a party. But it is no use arguing the matter with the girl. "All right," he says; "bring me a pillow, and I'll risk it!" The chambermaid explains that there are two pillows on the bed already, indicating, as she does so, two flat cushions, each one a yard square, placed one on top of the other at one end of the mixture. "These!" exclaims the weary traveller, beginning to feel that he does not want to go to bed at all. "These are not pillows! I want something to put my head on; not a thing that comes down to the middle of my back! Don't tell me that I've got to sleep on these things!" But the girl does tell him so, and also implies that she has something else to do than to stand there all day talking bed-gossip with him. "Well, just show me how to start," he says, "which way you get into it, and then I won't keep you any longer; I'll puzzle out the rest for myself. HE CAN BE SULKY AND GO TO SLEEP ON THE FLOOR HE IS VERY MUCH SURPRISED IT LOOKS TO HIM THE SORT OF BED THAT A MAN WOULD MAKE FOR HIMSELF ON COMING HOME LATE FROM A PARTY BUT IT IS NO USE ARGUING THE MATTER WITH THE GIRL ALL RIGHT HE SAYS BRING ME A PILLOW AND I'LL RISK IT THE CHAMBERMAID EXPLAINS THAT THERE ARE TWO PILLOWS ON THE BED ALREADY INDICATING AS SHE DOES SO TWO FLAT CUSHIONS EACH ONE A YARD SQUARE PLACED ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER AT ONE END OF THE MIXTURE THESE EXCLAIMS THE WEARY TRAVELLER BEGINNING TO FEEL THAT HE DOES NOT WANT TO GO TO BED AT ALL THESE ARE NOT PILLOWS I WANT SOMETHING TO PUT MY HEAD ON NOT A THING THAT COMES DOWN TO THE MIDDLE OF MY BACK DON'T TELL ME THAT I'VE GOT TO SLEEP ON THESE THINGS BUT THE GIRL DOES TELL HIM SO AND ALSO IMPLIES THAT SHE HAS SOMETHING ELSE TO DO THAN TO STAND THERE ALL DAY TALKING BED GOSSIP WITH HIM WELL JUST SHOW ME HOW TO START HE SAYS WHICH WAY YOU GET INTO IT AND THEN I WON'T KEEP YOU ANY LONGER I'LL PUZZLE OUT THE REST FOR MYSELF
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