. Pictures in Tyrol and elsewhere. th some dismay, that the bed-makingconsisted in spreading one coarse sheet on the mattrass,and placing a duvet over it. It was freezing hard, andwe were stiff with cold and damp, and rather rheumatic. Where were the blankets ? 6Ach Himmel! they had no blankets; there were thebeautiful duvets—what more could we want ? There wasnot a blanket in the house; but when the Wirthin returned,ah ! then indeed she would see to everything. The long room, and the long table, and the eighteenchairs looked so unutterably melancholy when the feastwas over, that we had to dan
. Pictures in Tyrol and elsewhere. th some dismay, that the bed-makingconsisted in spreading one coarse sheet on the mattrass,and placing a duvet over it. It was freezing hard, andwe were stiff with cold and damp, and rather rheumatic. Where were the blankets ? 6Ach Himmel! they had no blankets; there were thebeautiful duvets—what more could we want ? There wasnot a blanket in the house; but when the Wirthin returned,ah ! then indeed she would see to everything. The long room, and the long table, and the eighteenchairs looked so unutterably melancholy when the feastwas over, that we had to dance in. self-defence, while on a cracked old clavier that had been discoveredin E. and room; and our father entertained a crowdof guides aud peasants with a display of coloured lightsand magnesium-wire, and warmed himself at the kitchen-fire. The gentlemen fared but badly during the night,but F. is impervious to cold, and one railway rug wasattainable, while the ladies entrenched themselves beneathdresses and MOUNTAINEERING IN AN OMNIBUS. 17 Wonderful fun we had, if but little comfort. We care-fully examined all our doors, and fastened them as well aswe could, to guard against extra draughts, or sudden gustsof wind. Mrs. C. discovered a vast unfurnished E. and , which seemed to have been shut upthrough the winter, judging from the stuffiness of the at-mosphere ; and she returned announcing that it containednothing but an unpleasant smell! In fact, we had thewhole hotel to ourselves, so we barricaded that door also,and then laughed till we were warm over the utter desola-tion of our rooms, and in the strength of that momentaryglow prepared to go to rest—such rest as it was. Theduvets were small and slippery, and if we pulled them upto our chins our feet were bare; if we covered our feet ourshoulders were shivering, and we realised the unpleasantsensation of cold water being incessantly poured down ourback. If one curled oneself into a
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