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Poor King! Fate gave him everything calculated to make a man happy, excepting one thing, and that was the power of being happy. POOR KING FATE GAVE HIM EVERYTHING CALCULATED TO MAKE A MAN HAPPY EXCEPTING ONE THING AND THAT WAS THE POWER OF BEING HAPPY
 we might reach the village some time during the night, if only we could get a conveyance from Oberau, the nearest railway-station. Accordingly, we telegraphed to Cook's agent, who was at Ober-Ammergau (we all of us sneer at Mr. Cook and Mr. Gaze, and such-like gentlemen, who kindly conduct travellers that cannot conduct themselves properly, when we are at home; but I notice most of us appeal, on the quiet, to one or the other of them 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. UT THIS BY WHICH WE MIGHT REACH THE VILLAGE SOME TIME DURING THE NIGHT IF ONLY WE COULD GET A CONVEYANCE FROM OBERAU THE NEAREST RAILWAY STATION ACCORDINGLY WE TELEGRAPHED THE COOK'S AGENT WHO WAS AT OBER AMMERGAU WE ALL OF A SNEER AT MISTER COOK AND MISTER GAYES AND SUCHLIKE GENTLEMEN WHO KINDLY CONDUCT TRAVELLERS THAT CANNOT CONDUCT THEMSELVES PROPERLY WHEN WE ARE AT HOME BUT I NOTICED MOST OF US APPEAL ON THE QUIET TO ONE 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
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