Scribner's magazine . dy wiU find fault. This is the lawof the window, and the law-abiding Eng-lishman would suffer tortures cheerfullyrather than violate it. In fact the British first-class com-partment is always roomy and alwayscomfortable and quiet, and so is a Pull-man car, and those are the vehicles tobe compared. The second and thirdclass English compartment is disagree-able when full, for the seats are morecramped, and so is the American day-coach ; but the English compartmenthas the great disadvantage that jon sitface to face and knee to knee with jouvneighbor, and there is much more d
Scribner's magazine . dy wiU find fault. This is the lawof the window, and the law-abiding Eng-lishman would suffer tortures cheerfullyrather than violate it. In fact the British first-class com-partment is always roomy and alwayscomfortable and quiet, and so is a Pull-man car, and those are the vehicles tobe compared. The second and thirdclass English compartment is disagree-able when full, for the seats are morecramped, and so is the American day-coach ; but the English compartmenthas the great disadvantage that jon sitface to face and knee to knee with jouvneighbor, and there is much more dis-agreeable personal contact than in theday-coach of the United States, whereyou look at the back, instead of thefront, of the head of the person beforeyou, and where his legs are kept awayfrom yours by the car-seat. The pri-vacy of the English compartment is acherished delusion, but still a can usually get it if you pay forit, but you cannot be sure of it, and 418 RAILROAD TRAl^EL IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. HL,.^_5^|j^
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