Peeps into China . sany dampness creep up from floor or bed—up, up, upyour limbs, up your back, defying quinine, yet thwartedat last. For one room, with as many beds as you please oras space will allow, whether new or old, ancient as theages or modern as modern China, the pattern ever thesame, you pay the enormous bill of fivepence, unlessthe innkeeper be meek and the guest be aggressive,and then, right or wrong, twopence-halfpenny pays forlodging, a penny for water, one penny for fire, and themeal to be taken according to the European plan. The Chinese inn is not to be pictured, but tested ;a
Peeps into China . sany dampness creep up from floor or bed—up, up, upyour limbs, up your back, defying quinine, yet thwartedat last. For one room, with as many beds as you please oras space will allow, whether new or old, ancient as theages or modern as modern China, the pattern ever thesame, you pay the enormous bill of fivepence, unlessthe innkeeper be meek and the guest be aggressive,and then, right or wrong, twopence-halfpenny pays forlodging, a penny for water, one penny for fire, and themeal to be taken according to the European plan. The Chinese inn is not to be pictured, but tested ;and if truth be spoken, then to a contented mind therewill be contentment, to a critical mind criticism, to adesponding mind despondency—just that state of mindexcited by the man rather than denoted by the as many happy persons sleep in Chinese inns,with a brick for the pillow, as sleep in the mansionsof Belgravia with their rich tapestry and fine paintings,and the lace curtains to hide the
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