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"There's the Royal chateau  here, just on this side. My sister is married to a man who lives there  not in the palace, I don't mean, but in Laeken." "That's the dome of the Palais de Justice  they call Brussels 'Paris in little'  I like it better than Paris, myself  not so crowded. I live in Brussels." THERE'S THE ROYAL CHATEAU HERE JUST ON THIS SIDE MY SISTER IS MARRIED TO A MAN WHO LIVES THERE NOT IN THE PALACE I DON'T MEAN DUN LACHEN THAT'S THE DOME OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE THEY CALL BRUSSELS PARIS IN LITTLE I LIKE IT BETTER THAN PARIS MYSELF NOT SO CROWDED I LIVE IN BRUSSELS
he carriage, and he told us something interesting about nearly every town through which we passed. I felt that if I could have kept awake, and have listened to that man, and remembered what he said, and not mixed things up, I should have learnt a good deal about the country between Ostend and Cologne. He had relations in nearly every town, had this man. I suppose there have been, and are, families as large and as extensive as his; but I never heard of any other family that made such a show. They seemed to have been planted out with great judgment, and were now all over the country. Every time I awoke, I caught some such scattered remark as: "Bruges--you can see the belfry from this side--plays a polka by Haydn every hour. My aunt lives here." "Ghent--Hotel de Ville, some say finest specimen of Gothic architecture in Europe--where my mother lives. You could see the house if that church wasn't there." "Just passed Alost--great hop centre. My grandfather used to live there; he's dead now. S A VERY WELL INFORMED BELGIAN IN THE CARRIAGE AND HE TOLD US SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT NEARLY EVERY TOWN THROUGH WHICH WE PASSED I FELT THAT IF I COULD HAVE KEPT AWAKE AND HAVE LISTENED TO THAT MAN AND REMEMBERED WHAT HE SAID AND NOT MIXED THINGS UP I SHOULD HAVE LEARNED A GOOD DEAL ABOUT THE COUNTRY BETWEEN OSTEND AND COLOGNE HE HAD RELATIONS IN NEARLY EVERY TOWN HAD THIS MAN I SUPPOSE THERE HAVE BEEN AND ARE FAMILIES AS LARGE AND AS EXTENSIVE AS HIS BUT I NEVER HEARD OF ANY OTHER FAMILY THAT MADE SUCH A SHOW THEY SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN PLANTED OUT WITH GREAT JUDGMENT AND WERE NOW ALL OVER THE COUNTRY EVERY TIME I AWOKE I CAUGHT SOME SUCH SCATTERED REMARK AS BRUGES YOU CAN SEE THE BELFRY FROM THIS SIDE PLAYS A POLKA BY HAYDN EVERY HOUR MY AUNT LIVES THERE GHENT HOTEL DE VILLE SOME SAY FINEST SPECIMEN OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE WHERE MY MOTHER LIVES YOU COULD SEE THE HOUSE IF THAT CHURCH WASN'T THERE JUST PAST ALOST GREAT HOP CENTRE MY GRANDFATHER USED TO LIVE THERE HE'S DEAD NOW
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