Mr.Knightley liked being comfortable, so when he got into a train, he used to put his suitcase on the seat be- side him and pretend that it belonged to another passenger who had gone to buy something inthe station.

One day he did this when the train was very crowded. Other passengers came and sat in all the other seats except the one which his suitcase was lying on. Then an old gentleman arrived, looked at Mr. Knightley's case and said, "Is this somebody's seat?"

"Yes," answered Mr. Knightley. "A friend of mine is traveling with me, and he has gone to buy some cigarettes. He will return soon." Mr.Knightley opened the window and looked out, to make the old gentleman think that he was anxious about his friend.

"All right," said the old gentleman, "I'll sit here until your friend comes back, and then I'll stand somewhere." He put the suitcase up above him and sat down.Mr. Knightley did not feel happy about this, but he wasn't able to say or to do anything, because all the other passengers were watching and listening.

Several minutes passed,the whistle blew,and the train began to move.Then the old gentleman jumped up suddenly and said, "I'm very sorry, but your friend seems to have missed the train. We don't want him to be separated from his suitcase, do we? I don't believe he would like that at all." And before Mr. Knightley was able to say or do anything to prevent him, he took the suitcase down and threw it out of the window.

耐特利先生凡事都圖個舒服，每次上火車的時候，他總是把手提箱放在身邊的座位上，讓人認為行李箱是去車站買東西的另一名乘客的。

一天，火車上非常擁擠，耐特利先生照舊把箱子放在鄰座上。其他的乘客只好坐到別處去，只有他放手提箱的座位沒人坐。這時一位老人過來了，他看了看耐特利的箱子，問道：“這個座有人嗎?”

“是的。”耐特利答道，“我和我的一個朋友一起旅行，他去買香煙了，一會兒就回來。”耐特利還打開窗戶向外面看了看，好讓老人相信他真是在焦急地等朋友。

“那好吧。”老人說，“我就坐在這兒。你朋友回來了我就站著。”他把手提箱放在頭頂?shù)募茏由?，坐了下來。耐特利先生很不高興，但他無言以對，又奈何不得，因為周圍其他乘客們都在看著他們，聽他們說話。

幾分鐘過去了，汽笛響了，火車開始啟動。老人突然跳起來，說：“真遺憾，你的朋友看來誤了火車了。我們都不愿意看他拿不到箱子，是不是?相信你的朋友也根本不想這樣。”耐特利先生還沒來得及說點兒或做點兒什么來攔住他，老人拿下手提箱，一下子就把它扔到了窗外。