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He thinks that someone has been going round the room, collecting all the sacks and cushions and antimacassars and such articles that he has happened to find about, and has piled them up on a wooden tray ready for moving. He rings for the chambermaid, and explains to her that she has shown him into the wrong room. He wanted a bedroom. HE THINKS THAT SOME ONE HAS BEEN GOING ROUND THE ROOM COLLECTING ALL THE SACKS AND CUSHIONS AND ANTIMACAS AND SUCH ARTICLES THAT HE HAS HAPPENED TO FIND ABOUT AND HAS PILED THEM UP ON A WOODEN TRAY READY FOR MOVING HE RINGS FOR THE CHAMBERMAID AND EXPLAINS TO HER THAT SHE HAS SHOWN HIM INTO THE WRONG ROOM HE WANTED A BEDROOM
 suffered terribly. Parties who usually go up the Rhine by steamer have, after looking at the river, gone by train this year. The boat agents have tried to persuade them that the Rhine is always that colour: that it gets like that owing to the dirt and refuse washed down into it during its course among the mountains. But the tourists have refused to accept this explanation. They have said: "No. Mountains will account for a good deal, we admit, but not for all _that_. We are acquainted with the ordinary condition of the Rhine, and although muddy, and at times unpleasant, it is passable. As it is this summer, however, we would prefer not to travel upon it. We will wait until after next year's spring-floods." We went to bed after our wash. To the _blase_ English bed-goer, accustomed all his life to the same old hackneyed style of bed night after night, there is something very pleasantly piquant about the experience of trying to sleep in a German bed. He does not know it is a bed at first. RED WITH BUT THE TOURIST TRADE HAS SUFFERED TERRIBLY PARTIES WHO USUALLY GO UP THE RHINE BY STEAMER HAVE AFTER LOOKING AT THE RIVER GONE BY TRAIN THIS YEAR THE BOAT AGENTS HAVE TRIED TO PERSUADE THEM THAT THE RHINE IS ALWAYS THAT COLOR THAT IT GETS LIKE THAT OWING TO THE DIRT AND REFUSE WASHED DOWN INTO IT DURING ITS COURSE AMONG THE MOUNTAINS BUT THE TOURISTS HAVE REFUSED TO ACCEPT THIS EXPLANATION THEY HAVE SAID NO MOUNTAINS WILL ACCOUNT FOR A GOOD DEAL WE ADMIT BUT NOT FOR ALL THAT WE ARE ACQUAINTED WITH THE ORDINARY CONDITION OF THE RHINE AND ALTHOUGH MUDDY AND AT TIMES UNPLEASANT IT IS POSSIBLE AS IT IS THIS SUMMER HOWEVER WE WILL PREFER NOT TO TRAVEL UPON IT WE WILL WAIT UNTIL AFTER NEXT YEAR'S SPRING FLOODS WE WENT TO BED AFTER OUR WASH TO THE BLAIS ENGLISH BED GOER ACCUSTOMED ALL HIS LIFE TO THE SAME OLD HACKNEYED STYLE OF BED NIGHT AFTER NIGHT THERE IS SOMETHING VERY PLEASANTLY PIQUAN ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF TRYING TO SLEEP IN A GERMAN BED HE DOES NOT KNOW IT IS A BED AT FIRST
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