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He could buy as much enjoyment for a penny as the average man could for a ten pound note  more, I almost think. HE COULD BUY AS MUCH ENJOYMENT FOR A PENNY AS THE AVERAGE MAN COULD FOR A TEN POUND NOTE MORE I ALMOST THINK
m the moment we want to move abroad), to try and send a carriage to meet us by that train; and then went to an hotel, and turned into bed until it was time to start. We had another grand railway-ride from Munich to Oberau. We passed by the beautiful lake of Starnberg just as the sun was setting and gilding with gold the little villages and pleasant villas that lie around its shores. It was in the lake of Starnberg, near the lordly pleasure-house that he had built for himself in that fair vale, that poor mad Ludwig, the late King of Bavaria, drowned himself. Poor King! Fate gave him everything calculated to make a man happy, excepting one thing, and that was the power of being happy. Fate has a mania for striking balances. I knew a little shoeblack once who used to follow his profession at the corner of Westminster Bridge. Fate gave him an average of sixpence a day to live upon and provide himself with luxuries; but she also gave him a power of enjoying that kept him jolly all day long. OR THE OTHER OF THEM THE MOMENT WE WANT TO MOVE ABROAD TO TRY AND SEND THE CARRIAGE TO MEET US BY THAT TRAIN AND THEN WENT TO AN HOTEL AND TURNED INTO BED UNTIL IT WAS TIME TO START WE HAD ANOTHER GRAND RAILWAY RIDE FROM MUNICH TO OBERL WE PASSED BY THE BEAUTIFUL LAKE OF STEENBURG JUST AS THE SUN WAS SETTING AND GILDING WITH GOLD THE LITTLE VILLAGES AND PLEASANT VILLAS THAT LIE AROUND ITS SHORES IT WAS IN THE LAKE OF STEENBURG NEAR THE LORDLY PLEASURE HOUSE THAT HE HAD BUILT FOR HIMSELF IN THAT FAIR VALE THAT POOR MAD LUDWIG THE LATE KING OF BAVARIA DROWNED HIMSELF POOR KING FATE GAVE HIM EVERYTHING CALCULATED TO MAKE A MAN HAPPY EXCEPTING ONE THING AND THAT WAS THE POWER OF BEING HAPPY FATE HAS A MANIA FOR STRIKING BALANCES I KNEW A LITTLE SHOEBLACK ONCE WHO USED TO FOLLOW HIS PROFESSION AT THE CORNER OF WESTMINSTER BRIDGE FATE GAVE HIM AN AVERAGE OF SIXPENCE A DAY TO LIVE UPON AND PROVIDE HIMSELF WITH LUXURIES BUT SHE ALSO GAVE HIM A POWER OF ENJOYING THAT KEPT HIM JOLLY ALL DAY LONG
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