The Mark Twain went to sleep. Later, when he woke up, it was night-time and the train was in Paris already. He realized at once that the conductor had forgotten to wake him up at Dijon. He was very angry. He ran up to the conductor and began to shout at him.” I have never been so angry in all my life,” Mark Twain said.

The conductor looked at him calmly. “You are not half so angry as the American whom I put off the train at Dijon,” he said.

    马克吐温,美国著名的小说家,在法国旅行. 有一次他正坐火车去第戎.那是下午,他困得不行,就想睡一下,于是他找来列车员,叫他车到第戎的时候一定叫醒他.但是首先他告诉列车员他是一个睡眠很重的人."我可能会在你叫醒我的时候大声抗议,"他对列车员说,"但你不要在意,只管把我拉下火车好了."

    马克吐温去睡了.后来,等他醒来的时候,已经是夜里了,火车已经到了巴黎.他马上意识到列车员忘记在第戎叫醒他了.他非常生气,跑去找列车员,怒斥他."我这一生还从没这么生气过."马克吐温说.

    列车员平静地看着他,"你再生气,也不及那个被我在第戎放下火车的美国人生气的一半."他说.