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Harris said that the danger about desert islands, as far as he had heard, was that they were so damp: but George said no, not if properly drained.
And then we got on to drains, and that put George in mind of a very funny thing that happened to his father once. He said his father was travelling with another fellow through Wales, and, one night, they stopped at a little inn, where there were some other fellows.
They had a very jolly evening, and sat up late, and, by the time they came to go to bed, they (this was when George‘s father was a very young man) were slightly jolly, too. They (George‘s father and George‘s father‘s friend) were to sleep in the same room, but in different beds.
They took the candle, and went up. The candle lurched up against the wall when they got into the room, and went out, and they had to undress and grope into bed in the dark.
This they did; but, instead of getting into separate beds, as they thought they were doing,