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us, no beds were prepared, and we had to wait a
considerable time before we could obtain them.
Our fellow passenger, General G––, who sent a
telegram to the Victoria with ours, found a man
from that hotel waiting for him at the pier.
The house had curiously altered during our
absence. The large luxurious room which the
ladies had occupied from 15th to 17th July was
now converted into a sort of bazaar or market for
fancy goods in vast variety, displayed on
temporary counters arranged in parallel rows along
the spacious apartment. All the next best rooms
were also occupied by the commercial men.
Although I have complained of the want of
common courtesy displayed in the neglect of our
telegram, I find no fault with these concessions to
the commercial men, seeing that hotels are places
of business, and that commercial travellers, such
as those now in possession of this house, are far
better customers than mere tourists, who only
make flying visits during the short summer
season, and who entertain no customers.
We nevertheless remained until Monday, and
found the commercial travellers, mostly Germans,
similar to those we met on the packet, and
described in chapter iii. The ancient capital of
Norway was in a state of festival on the 7th,
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