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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." 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
s to become an accomplished English quarreller, and this was practice for him. A Customs House clerk came out and joined in the babel. He took the part of the passengers, and abused the station-master and the gendarme, and _he_ abused _them_ in English. B. said he thought it very pleasant here, far from our native shores, in the land of the stranger, to come across a little homely English row like this. SATURDAY, 24TH--CONTINUED A Man of Family.--An Eccentric Train.--Outrage on an Englishman.--Alone in Europe.--Difficulty of Making German Waiters Understand Scandinavian.--Danger of Knowing Too Many Languages.--A Wearisome Journey.--Cologne, Ahoy! There was 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 learnt a good deal about the country between Ostend and Cologne.  CHAPTER FIVE OF DIARY OF A PILGRIMAGE BY JEROME K JEROME THIS LIBRARY BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY MICHAEL BROOKE SATURDAY TWENTY FOURTH CONTINUED A MAN OF FAMILY AN ECCENTRIC TRAIN OUTRAGE ON AN ENGLISHMAN ALONE IN EUROPE DIFFICULTY OF MAKING GERMAN WAITERS UNDERSTAND SCANDINAVIAN DANGER OF KNOWING TOO MANY LANGUAGES A WEARISOME JOURNEY COLOGNE A HOY THERE WAS 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
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