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There were also "conversations in the railway carriage," conversations between travelling lunatics, apparently, and dialogues "during the passage." "How do you feel now?" "Pretty well as yet; but I cannot say how long it will last." "Oh, what waves! I now feel very unwell and shall go below. Ask for a basin for me." THERE WERE ALSO CONVERSATIONS IN THE RAILWAY CARRIAGE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN TRAVELLING LUNATICS APPARENTLY AND DIALOGUES DURING THE PASSAGE HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW PRETTY WELL AS YET BUT I CANNOT SAY HOW LONG IT WILL LAST OH WHAT WAVES I NOW FEEL VERY UNWELL AND SHALL GO BELOW ASK FOR A BASIN FOR ME
 possibly be cursed with; a customer who, after twaddling for about forty minutes, and trying on, apparently, every pair of boots in the place, calmly walks out with: "Ah! well, I shall not purchase anything to-day. Good-morning!" The shopkeeper's reply, by-the-by, is not given. It probably took the form of a boot-jack, accompanied by phrases deemed useless for the purposes of the Christian tourist. There was really something remarkable about the exhaustiveness of this "conversation at the shoemaker's." I should think the book must have been written by someone who suffered from corns. I could have gone to a German shoemaker with this book and have talked the man's head off. Then there were two pages of watery chatter "on meeting a friend in the street"--"Good-morning, sir (or madam)." "I wish you a merry Christmas." "How is your mother?" As if a man who hardly knew enough German to keep body and soul together, would want to go about asking after the health of a foreign person's mother.  THAT AN UNFORTUNATE SHOPKEEPER COULD POSSIBLY BE CURSED WITH A CUSTOMER WHO AFTER TWADDLING FOR ABOUT FORTY MINUTES AND TRYING ON APPARENTLY EVERY PAIR OF BOOTS IN THE PLACE CALMLY WALKS OUT WITH AH WELL I SHALL NOT PURCHASE ANYTHING TO DAY GOOD MORNING THE SHOPKEEPER'S REPLY BY THE BYE IS NOT GIVEN IT PROBABLY TOOK THE FORM OF A BOOT CHECK ACCOMPANIED BY PHRASES DEEMED USELESS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CHRISTIAN TOURIST THERE WAS REALLY SOMETHING REMARKABLE ABOUT THE EXHAUSTIVENESS OF THIS CONVERSATION AT THE SHOEMAKER'S I SHOULD THINK THE BOOK MUST HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY SOME ONE WHO SUFFERED FROM CORNS I COULD HAVE GONE TO A GERMAN SHOEMAKER WITH THIS BOOK AND HAVE TALKED THE MAN'S HEAD OFF THEN THERE WERE TWO PAGES OF WATERY CHATTER ON MEETING A FRIEND IN THE STREET GOOD MORNING SIR OR MADAM I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS HOW IS YOUR MOTHER AS IF A MAN WHO HARDLY KNEW ENOUGH GERMAN TO KEEP BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER WOULD WANT TO GO ABOUT ASKING AFTER THE HEALTH OF A FOREIGN PERSON'S MOTHER
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