Travelling forms, says the vernacular. At least with this journey studied the rings under the eyes especially well. Our purpose was Milan, hence, we took the night train from Dortmund. Certainly we could also have flown, but the journey to the respective airports was easy too far, in addition, we had to go from Milan still after Verona.

The purpose of our trip was a visit of my cousin in Verona. We rose in the train and the conductor our compartment assigned us in the sleeping car. As promised from the road, it was clean and well furnished. In the course of the night, then, however, the travellers had to find out that another promise of the road was not to be held. The next morning the assent, quietly and is relaxing in Milan. Besides, honest proofs must be added, the road is to blame not, but the travellers of the neighbouring compartment.

On getting the first restlessness had lain down fast, and most passengers, proceeded to the night's rest. Already after 30 minutes there penetrated noises them a squeak and groaning appeared, to our ear. The first thought was great only " that must also not probably be - hopefully it does not last so long ". We sit down once again to wait for the end of the show, and to venture then a renewed sleeping attempt. Unfortunately, we waited fairly long time, instead of finally rest called in, it became always pure. The look at the clock betrayed that we listened in then already for an hour involuntarily to the activity. Slowly other noises became audible, not from next door, but from before the door.

Obviously we were not the only ones whom it robbed of the sleep. Now we had the choice, either we joined to the travellers before the door, or we expose ourselves to the suspicion that the noise from our compartment came. Even before we could bring for a decision, one already quietly knocked at our door. After opening we looked in the face of the conductor who did not know so surely what he should say to us. Unfortunately, we were robbed to the statement, because the noises did not decrease, although our door was open, he wrung a brief excuse from himself, he did not want to interfere and see only whether everything is in order.

On the faces of the other travellers we could read the relief directly, so properly nobody knew obviously what is to be said in such a situation. Nevertheless, they loudly asked the conductor to prevent, finally, the noise, because one wants to sleep. By the way, it was still called noise, although meanwhile was quite unequivocal what happened there. The poor conductor, he had my full compassion, knocked at the next door. There occurred no reaction of the compartment inhabitants.

Nobody would have opened certainly in the same situation, but at least the noise level recorder lowered. However, to those it completely seemed to make no difference that already half a sleeping car held a meeting before her door. The conductor loudly started to talk to the travellers in the compartment and to hit at the same time against the door, as an answer he the sentence came from the compartment: " Clear out, but you are the next one! ". The facial trains slipped out of the conductor, and he threatened to stop the train and to get the police. This threat caused, nothing.

Undisturbed the travellers swung in the compartment against the climax and also not can be impressed any more by the blustering conductor before the door. The climax was precise at 2.48 o'clock, we ascertained the trips of the sleeping car about a watch comparison together. Because now in the compartment rest had called in, the remaining travellers also contorted in her beds.

The rest of the night ran quietly, and everything slept peacefully. However, the actually play should come only the next morning in Milan. The breakfast was served, however, the disturbers of the peace renounced this. With the arrival in Milan the conductor placed himself exactly before the compartment door, probably to take revenge for the night insults.

The train held in Milan, there the compartment door and as the first opened a young lady who looked simply fantastic appeared. The face of the conductor relaxed visibly, to the remaining men of the sleeping car who probably wanted to be present from pure curiosity at the play, the jaw folded down. The ladies started to push her husband with the elbow in the side, and hissed bad comments. Nevertheless, nobody went, although the train stood in the interim and the doors were opened. Everything still wanted to see matching man and the reaction of the conductor.

Then man also came, he was just 2 metres, and was probably as wide. The conductor wished only a good morning and then disappeared in a great hurry. The other travellers acted all at once very busily, and sorted her luggage to rise then quietly from the train. Nobody even said a word about the last night.