Excerpt from Court Royal, Vol. 3 of 3: A Story of Cross Currents

"Very sorry, upon my word," said the owner of the articles. "When travelling one is liable to lose one"s goods."

"Seeing that you have but your head, portmanteau, and bundle of rugs, the exertion of recollecting them cannot be excessive."

"I never travel if I can help it," said the other. "I had just time to throw a shilling to the porter, but as I was agitated I don"t know where it went and whether he saw it. Perhaps it fell under the rails and is flattened. When I am hot and flurried my sight fails me and my hand shakes. It does not matter. I will give the man another shilling on my return. Lord bless me! I have got into a smoking carriage. Never mind, I do smoke - for once in my life I am lucky. May this be an omen that my journey will be prosperous! Sometimes I have got into a first class when I had a second class ticket, and then had to pay the difference. Sometimes I have tumbled into a third class when I had paid fare by second, but the company never refunded. Why, bless my heart!

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