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What annoyed me was that they quarrelled in English. They all had languages of their own,  there were four Belgians, two Frenchmen, and a German,  but no language was good enough for them to insult each other in but English. WHAT ANNOYED ME WAS THAT THEY QUARRELLED IN ENGLISH THEY ALL HAD LANGUAGES OF THEIR OWN THERE WERE FOUR BELGIANS TWO FRENCHMEN AND A GERMAN BUT NO LANGUAGE WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO INSULT EACH OTHER IN BUT ENGLISH
ad done her a few moments ago, and I argued most eloquently. My rhetoric was, however, quite thrown away. "Oh! it's only a vice-consul," he said; "here's his name on the bag. There's plenty of room for him in with the guard." It was no use my defending the sacred cause of Right before a man who held sentiments like that; so, having lodged a protest against his behaviour, and thus eased my conscience, I leant back and dozed the doze of the just. Five minutes before the train started, the rightful owners of the carriage came up and crowded in. They seemed surprised at finding only five vacant seats available between seven of them, and commenced to quarrel vigorously among themselves. B. and I and the unjust man in the corner tried to calm them, but passion ran too high at first for the voice of Reason to be heard. Each combination of five, possible among them, accused each remaining two of endeavouring to obtain seats by fraud, and each one more than hinted that the other six were liars.  COMPENSATION OF THE WRONG I HAD DONE HER A FEW MOMENTS AGO AND I ARGUED MOST ELOQUENTLY MY RHETORIC WAS HOWEVER QUITE THROWN AWAY OH IT'S ONLY A VICE CONSUL HE SAID HERE'S HIS NAME ON THE BAG THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM FOR HIM IN WITH THE GUARD IT WAS NO USE MY DEFENDING THE SACRED CAUSE OF RIGHT BEFORE A MAN WHO HELD SENTIMENTS LIKE THAT SO HAVING LODGED A PROTEST AGAINST HIS BEHAVIOUR AND THUS EASED MY CONSCIENCE I LEANT BACK AND DOZED THE DOZE OF THE JUST FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THE TRAIN STARTED THE RIGHTFUL OWNERS OF THE CARRIAGE CAME UP AND CROWDED IN THEY SEEMED SURPRISED AT FINDING ONLY FIVE VACANT SEATS AVAILABLE BETWEEN SEVEN OF THEM AND COMMENCED TO QUARREL VIGOROUSLY AMONG THEMSELVES B AND I AND THE UNJUST MAN IN THE CORNER TRIED TO CALM THEM BUT PASSION RAN TOO HIGH AT FIRST FOR THE VOICE OF REASON TO BE HEARD EACH COMBINATION OF FIVE POSSIBLE AMONG THEM ACCUSED EACH REMAINING TWO OF ENDEAVOURING TO OBTAIN SEATS BY FRAUD AND EACH ONE MORE THAN HINTED THAT THE OTHER SIX WERE LIARS
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