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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. 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
g of another man's seat with equanimity. Now, such an act seemed to me shameful. The truth is that my better nature never sleeps for long. Leave it alone and it wakens of its own accord. Heaven help me! I am a sinful, worldly man, I know; but there is good at the bottom of me. It wants hauling up, but it's there. This man had aroused it. I now saw the sinfulness of taking another passenger's place in a railway-carriage. But I could not make the other man see it. I felt that some service was due from me to Justice, in 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. AINED I COULD CONTEMPLATE THE TAKING OF ANOTHER MAN'S SEAT WITH EQUANIMITY NOW SUCH AN ACT SEEMED TO ME SHAMEFUL THE TRUTH IS THAT MY BETTER NATURE NEVER SLEEPS FOR LONG LEAVE IT ALONE AND IT WAKENS OF ITS OWN ACCORD HEAVEN HELP ME I AM A SINFUL WORLDLY MAN I KNOW BUT THERE IS GOOD AT THE BOTTOM OF ME IT WANTS HAULING UP BUT IT'S THERE THIS MAN HAD AROUSED IT I NOW SAW THE SINFULNESS OF TAKING ANOTHER PASSENGER'S PLACE IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE BUT I COULD NOT MAKE THE OTHER MAN SEE IT I FELT THAT SOME SERVICE WAS DUE FROM ME TO JUSTICE IN 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
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