In the smoking-car the conversation turned to the merits and
demerits of various ways of preserving health. One stout, florid
man held forth with great eloquence on the subject.
"Look at me!" he said.
"Never a day's sickness in my life, and all due to simple food.
Why, gentlemen," he continued,
"from the age of twenty to that of forty I lived an absolutely
simple regular life -- no effeminate delicacies, no late hours,
no extravagances. Every day, in fact, Summer and Winter, I was
in bed regularly at nine o'clock and up again at five in the
morning. I worked from eight to one, then had dinner--a plain
dinner, mark my words: after that, an hour's exercise; then.."
"Excuse me, sir," interrupted a stranger in the corner,
"but what were you in prison for?"
demerits of various ways of preserving health. One stout, florid
man held forth with great eloquence on the subject.
"Look at me!" he said.
"Never a day's sickness in my life, and all due to simple food.
Why, gentlemen," he continued,
"from the age of twenty to that of forty I lived an absolutely
simple regular life -- no effeminate delicacies, no late hours,
no extravagances. Every day, in fact, Summer and Winter, I was
in bed regularly at nine o'clock and up again at five in the
morning. I worked from eight to one, then had dinner--a plain
dinner, mark my words: after that, an hour's exercise; then.."
"Excuse me, sir," interrupted a stranger in the corner,
"but what were you in prison for?"
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