Strona:Jerome K. Jerome - Trzej ludzie w jednej łodzi.djvu/26

general depression throughout the system. Change of scene, and absence of the necessity for thought, will restore the mental equilibrium.“
 George has a cousin, who is usually described in the charge-sheet as a medical student, so that he naturally has a somewhat family-physicianary way of putting things.
 I agreed with George, and suggested that we should seek out some retired and old-world spot, far from the madding crowd, and dream away a sunny week among its drowsy lanes — some half-forgotten nook hidden away by the fairies, out of reach of the noisy world — some quaint-perched eyrie on the cliffs of Time, from whence the surging waves of the nineteenth century would sound for-off and faint.
 Harris said he thought it would be humpy. He said he knew the sort of place I meant; where everybody went to bed at eight o‘clock, and you couldn‘t get a Referee for love or money, and had to walk ten miles to get your baccy.
 „No,“ said Harris, „if you want rest and change, you can‘t beat a sea trip.“
 I objected to the sea trip strongly. A sea trip does you good when you are going to have a couple of months of it, but, for a week, it is wicked.
 You start on Monday with the idea implanted in your bosom that you are going to enjoy yourself. You wave an airy adieu to the boys on shore, light your biggest pipe, and swagger about the deck as if you were Captain