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B. translated the essential portions of this speech to the man, and he laughed and promised upon his sacred word of honour that he would come up himself and have us both out; and as he was a stalwart and determined looking man, I felt satisfied, and wished him "Good night," and made haste to get off my boots before I fell asleep. B TRANSLATED THE ESSENTIAL PORTIONS OF THIS SPEECH TO THE MAN AND HE LAUGHED AND PROMISED UPON HIS SACRED WORD OF HONOR THAT HE WOULD COME UP HIMSELF AND HAVE US BOTH OUT AND AS HE WAS A STALWART AND DETERMINED LOOKING MAN I FELT SATISFIED AND WISHED HIM GOOD NIGHT AND MADE HASTE TO GET OFF MY BOOTS BEFORE I FELL ASLEEP
 be all right," answered the old fellow. "You won't get much chance of oversleeping yourself. We shall all be up and about, and the whole village stirring, before five; and besides, the band will be playing at six just beneath the window here, and the cannon on the Kofel goes off at--" "Look here," I interrupted, "that won't do for me, you know. Don't you think that I am going to be woke up by mere riots outside the window, and brass-band contests, and earthquakes, and explosions, and those sort of things, because it can't be done that way. Somebody's got to come into this room and haul me out of bed, and sit down on the bed and see that I don't get into it again, and that I don't go to sleep on the floor. That will be the way to get me up to-morrow morning. Don't let's have any nonsense about stirring villages and guns and German bands. I know what all that will end in, my going back to England without seeing the show. I want to be roused in the morning, not lulled off to sleep again.  ALL THIS WAY TO SEE IT OH THAT WILL BE ALL RIGHT ANSWERED THE OLD FELLOW YOU WON'T GET MUCH CHANCE OF OVERSLEEPING YOURSELF WE SHALL ALL BE UP AND ABOUT AND THE WHOLE VILLAGE STIRRING BEFORE FIVE AND BESIDES THE BAND WILL BE PLAYING AT SIX JUST BENEATH THE WINDOW HERE AND THE CANNON ON THE COFFLE GOES OFF AT LOOK HERE I INTERRUPTED THAT WON'T DO FOR ME YOU KNOW DON'T YOU THINK THAT I AM GOING TO BE WOKE UP BY MERE RIOTS OUTSIDE THE WINDOW AND BRASS BAND CONTESTS AND EARTHQUAKES AND EXPLOSIONS AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE DONE THAT WAY SOMEBODY'S GOT TO COME INTO THIS ROOM AND HAUL ME OUT OF BED AND SIT DOWN ON THE BED AND SEE THAT I DON'T GET INTO IT AGAIN AND THAT I DON'T GO TO SLEEP THE FLOOR THAT WILL BE THE WAY TO GET ME UP TO MORROW MORNING DON'T LET'S HAVE ANY NONSENSE ABOUT STIRRING VILLAGES AND GUNS AND GERMAN BANDS I KNOW WHAT ALL THAT WILL END IN I'M GOING BACK TO ENGLAND WITHOUT SEEING THE SHOW I WANT TO BE ROUSED IN THE MORNING NOT LULLED OFF TO SLEEP AGAIN
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