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Arrival at Ostend. -- Coffee and Rolls. -- Difficulty of Making French Waiters understand German. -- Advantages of Possessing a Conscience That Does Not Get Up Too Early. -- Villainy Triumphant. -- Virtue Ordered Outside. -- A Homely English Row.
When I say I was "awakened" at Ostend, I do not speak the strict truth. I was not awakened -- not properly. I was only half-awakened. I never did get fairly awake until the afternoon. During the journey from Ostend to Cologne I was three-parts asleep and one-part partially awake.