Helen Hunt Jackson
Bits of Travel at Home
Paperback
(Forgotten Books June 10, 2017)
Excerpt from Bits of Travel at Home
Make your beds now, ladies? Said the chamber man, whose brown face showed brighter brown for his gray uniform and brass buttons.
Yes, we replied. That is just what we most de sire to see.
Presto! The seats of the arm-chairs pull out, and meet in the middle. The backs of the arm-chairs pull down, and lie flat on level with the seats. The sofa pulls out and Opens into double width. The roof of our drawing-room opens and lets down, and makes two more bedsteads, which we, luckily, do not want; but from under their eaves come mattresses, pillows, sheets, pil low-cases, and curtains. The beds are made; the roof shut up again; the curtains hung across the glass part of the doors the curtains drawn across the passage-way windows; the doors shut and locked; and we undress as entirely and safely as if we were in the best bedroom of a house not made with wheels. Because we are so comfortable we lie awake a little, but not long and that is the whole story of nights on the cars when the cars are built by Pullman and the sleeping is done in drawing I'ooms.
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Make your beds now, ladies? Said the chamber man, whose brown face showed brighter brown for his gray uniform and brass buttons.
Yes, we replied. That is just what we most de sire to see.
Presto! The seats of the arm-chairs pull out, and meet in the middle. The backs of the arm-chairs pull down, and lie flat on level with the seats. The sofa pulls out and Opens into double width. The roof of our drawing-room opens and lets down, and makes two more bedsteads, which we, luckily, do not want; but from under their eaves come mattresses, pillows, sheets, pil low-cases, and curtains. The beds are made; the roof shut up again; the curtains hung across the glass part of the doors the curtains drawn across the passage-way windows; the doors shut and locked; and we undress as entirely and safely as if we were in the best bedroom of a house not made with wheels. Because we are so comfortable we lie awake a little, but not long and that is the whole story of nights on the cars when the cars are built by Pullman and the sleeping is done in drawing I'ooms.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
- ISBN
- 1332843964 / 9781332843961
- Pages
- 430
- Weight
- 20.16 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.98 x 0.87 in.
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