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The first essential to comfortable railway travelling in Germany is to make up your mind not to care a rap whether the guard gets killed in the course of the journey or not. Any tender feeling towards the guard makes railway travelling in the Fatherland a simple torture. THE FIRST ESSENTIAL TO COMFORTABLE RAILWAY TRAVELLING IN GERMANY IS TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND NOT TO CARE A RAP WHETHER THE GUARD GETS KILLED IN THE COURSE OF THE JOURNEY OR NOT ANY TENDER FEELING TOWARDS THE GUARD MAKES RAILWAY TRAVELLING IN THE FARTHERLAND A SIMPLE TORTURE
and a bridge comes in sight crossing over the line. On seeing this bridge, the guard, holding on by the window, leans his body as far back as ever it will go. You look at him, and then at the rapidly-nearing bridge, and calculate that the arch will just take his head off without injuring any other part of him whatever, and you wonder whether the head will be jerked into the carriage or will fall outside. When he is three inches off the bridge, he pulls himself up straight, and the brickwork, as the train dashes through, kills a fly that was trespassing on the upper part of his right ear. Then, when the bridge is passed, and the train is skirting the very edge of a precipice, so that a stone dropped just outside the window would tumble straight down 300 feet, he suddenly lets go, and, balancing himself on the foot-board without holding on to anything, commences to dance a sort of Teutonic cellar-flap, and to warm his body by flinging his arms about in the manner of cabmen on a cold day. ED IN GERMANY AND A BRIDGE COMES IN SIGHT CROSSING OVER THE LINE ON SEEING THIS BRIDGE THE GUARD HOLDING ON BY THE WINDOW LEANS HIS BODY AS FAR BACK AS EVER IT WILL GO YOU LOOK AT HIM AND THEN AT THE RAPIDLY NEARING BRIDGE AND CALCULATE THAT THE ARCH WILL JUST TAKE HIS HEAD OFF WITHOUT INJURING ANY OTHER PART OF HIM WHATEVER AND YOU WONDER WHETHER THE HEAD WILL BE JERKED INTO THE CARRIAGE OR WILL FALL OUTSIDE WHEN HE IS THREE INCHES OFF THE BRIDGE HE PULLS HIMSELF UP STRAIGHT AND THE BRICK WORK AS THE TRAIN DASHES THROUGH KILLS A FLY THAT WAS PRECIPASSING ON THE UPPER PART OF HIS RIGHT EAR THEN WHEN THE BRIDGE IS PASSED AND THE TRAIN IS SKIRTING THE VERY EDGE OF A PRECIPICE SO THAT A STONE DROP JUST OUTSIDE THE WINDOW WOULD TUMBLE STRAIGHT DOWN THREE HUNDRED FEET HE SUDDENLY LETS GO AND BALANCING HIMSELF ON THE FOOT BOARD WITHOUT HOLDING ON TO ANYTHING COMMENCES TO DANCE A SORT OF TEUTONIC CELLAR FLAP AND TO WARM HIS BODY BY FLINGING HIS ARMS ABOUT IN THE MANNER OF CABMEN ON A COLD DAY
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