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I work sixteen hours a day to fix things comfortably for you, and you cannot even look satisfied; while if a train is late, or a hotel proprietor overcharges, you come and bully _me_ about it. I WORK SIXTEEN HOURS A DAY TO FIX THINGS COMFORTABLY FOR YOU AND YOU CANNOT EVEN LOOK SATISFIED WHILE IF A TRAIN IS LATE OR A HOTEL PROPRIETOR OVERCHARGES YOU COME AND BULLY ME ABOUT IT
dral in Europe.--Old Masters and New.--Victual-and-Drink-Scapes.--The German Band.--A "Beer Garden."--Not the Women to Turn a Man's Head.--Difficulty of Dining to Music.--Why one should Keep one's Mug Shut. I think myself it is Saturday. B. says it is only Friday; but I am positive I have had three cold baths since we left Ober-Ammergau, which we did on Wednesday morning. If it is only Friday, then I have had two morning baths in one day. Anyhow, we shall know to-morrow by the shops being open or shut. We travelled from Oberau with a tourist agent, and he told us all his troubles. It seems that a tourist agent is an ordinary human man, and has feelings just like we have. This had never occurred to me before. I told him so. "No," he replied, "it never does occur to you tourists. You treat us as if we were mere Providence, or even the Government itself. If all goes well, you say, what is the good of us, contemptuously; and if things go wrong, you say, what is the good of us, indignantly. HE ENGLISHWOMAN ABROAD AND AT HOME THE UGLIEST CATHEDRAL IN EUROPE OLD MASTERS AND NEW FIDDLE AND DRINK SCAPES THE GERMAN BAND A BEER GARDEN NOT THE WOMEN TO TURN A MAN'S HEAD DIFFICULTY OF DINING TO MUSIC WHY ONE SHOULD KEEP ONE'S MUG SHUT I THINK MYSELF IT IS SATURDAY B SAYS IT IS ONLY FRIDAY BUT I AM POSITIVE I HAVE HAD THREE COLD BATHS SINCE WE LEFT OBER AMMERGAU WHICH WE DID ON WEDNESDAY MORNING IF IT IS ONLY FRIDAY THEN I HAVE HAD TWO MORNING BATHS IN ONE DAY ANYHOW WE SHALL KNOW TO MORROW BY THE SHOPS BEING OPEN OR SHUT WE TRAVELLED FROM OBEROW WITH A TOURIST AGENT AND HE TOLD US ALL HIS TROUBLES IT SEEMS THAT A TOURIST AGENT IS AN ORDINARY HUMAN MAN AND HAS FEELINGS JUST LIKE WE HAVE THIS HAD NEVER OCCURRED TO ME BEFORE I TOLD HIM SO NO HE REPLIED IT NEVER DOES OCCUR TO YOU TOURISTS YOU TREAT US AS IF WE WERE MERE PROVIDENCE OR EVEN THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF IF ALL GOES WELL YOU SAY WHAT IS THE GOOD OF US CONTEMPTUOUSLY ANY THINGS GO WRONG YOU SAY WHAT IS THE GOOD OF US INDIGNANTLY
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