Three Men in a Boat / Three Men on the Bummel
Three Men in a Boat / Three Men on the Bummel
Three Men in a Boat / Three Men on the Bummel
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<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>the</strong> official summ<strong>on</strong>s, made <strong>the</strong> hair of Harris and myself<br />
almost to stand <strong>on</strong> end.<br />
German travell<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g, it may be expla<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed, is somewhat complicated.<br />
You buy a ticket at <strong>the</strong> stati<strong>on</strong> you start from for <strong>the</strong><br />
place you want to go to. You might th<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>k this would enable you<br />
to get <strong>the</strong>re, but it does not. When your tra<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> comes up, you attempt<br />
to swarm <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>to it; but <strong>the</strong> guard magnificently waves you<br />
away. Where are your credentials? You show him your ticket.<br />
He expla<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>s to you that by itself that is of no service whatever;<br />
you have <strong>on</strong>ly taken <strong>the</strong> first step towards travell<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g; you must<br />
go back to <strong>the</strong> book<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g-office and get <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> additi<strong>on</strong> what is<br />
called a “schnellzug ticket.” With this you return, th<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>k<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g your<br />
troubles over. You are allowed to get <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>, so far so good. But you<br />
must not sit down anywhere, and you must not stand still, and<br />
you must not wander about. You must take ano<strong>the</strong>r ticket, this<br />
time what is called a “platz ticket,” which entitles you to a place<br />
for a certa<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> distance.<br />
What a man could do who persisted <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> tak<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g noth<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g but<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>on</strong>e ticket, I have often w<strong>on</strong>dered. Would he be entitled to<br />
run beh<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>d <strong>the</strong> tra<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> six-foot way? Or could he stick a<br />
label <strong>on</strong> himself and get <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>to <strong>the</strong> goods van? Aga<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>, what could<br />
be d<strong>on</strong>e with <strong>the</strong> man who, hav<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g taken his schnellzug ticket,<br />
obst<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ately refused, or had not <strong>the</strong> m<strong>on</strong>ey to take a platz ticket:<br />
would <strong>the</strong>y let him lie <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>the</strong> umbrella rack, or allow him to<br />
hang himself out of <strong>the</strong> w<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>dow?<br />
To return to George, he had just sufficient m<strong>on</strong>ey to take a<br />
third-class slow tra<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> ticket to Baden, and that was all. To avoid<br />
<strong>the</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>quisitiveness of <strong>the</strong> guard, he waited till <strong>the</strong> tra<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> was<br />
mov<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g, and <strong>the</strong>n jumped <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>.<br />
That was his first s<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>:<br />
(a) Enter<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g a tra<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> moti<strong>on</strong>;<br />
(b) After be<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g warned not to do so by an official.<br />
Sec<strong>on</strong>d s<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>:<br />
(a) Travell<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> tra<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> of superior class to that for which ticket<br />
was held.<br />
(b) Refus<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g to pay difference when demanded by an official.