Ito Said That They Thought I Was
Taking Out A Pistol To Frighten Them, And I Made Him Explain What
The Object Really Was, For They Are A Gentle, Harmless People, Whom
One Would Not Annoy Without Sincere Regret.
In many European
countries, and certainly in some parts of our own, a solitary lady-
traveller in a foreign
Dress would be exposed to rudeness, insult,
and extortion, if not to actual danger; but I have not met with a
single instance of incivility or real overcharge, and there is no
rudeness even about the crowding. The mago are anxious that I
should not get wet or be frightened, and very scrupulous in seeing
that all straps and loose things are safe at the end of the
journey, and, instead of hanging about asking for gratuities, or
stopping to drink and gossip, they quickly unload the horses, get a
paper from the Transport Agent, and go home. Only yesterday a
strap was missing, and, though it was after dark, the man went back
a ri for it, and refused to take some sen which I wished to give
him, saying he was responsible for delivering everything right at
the journey's end. They are so kind and courteous to each other,
which is very pleasing. Ito is not pleasing or polite in his
manner to me, but when he speaks to his own people he cannot free
himself from the shackles of etiquette, and bows as profoundly and
uses as many polite phrases as anybody else.
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