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Travel writings by Drewelowe, 1920s

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feel that they cannot subject themselves to humiliation and insult and therefore miss one of the sights and experiences of the world.
Ah! We are nearing the [Shundagon?]. A small bay clad only in a loin cloth dashes out to meet us. He drags a huge basket in one hand. The driver stops his horse; we descend from the rickety dust-powered carriage, pay the fare and dismiss the driver. We gain the marble steps, remove our shoes in the boiling sun and abandon them to the boy and his basket. Probably we can pay our visit in our stocking-feet, but no!, wild gestilutations and speech prevent us in no uncertain terms. There is no way to see the Pagoda except in our bare feet also take off our stockings and abandon them together with our shoes in the basket. And with all footwear removed, everyone apparently is happy except ourselves and we are consciously uncomfortable in bare feet among the curious onlookers.

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7. feel that they cannot subject themselves to humiliation and insult and therefore miss one of the sights and experiences of the world. Ah! We are nearing the [Shundagon?]. A small bay clad only in a loin cloth dashes out to meet us. He drags a huge basket in one hand. The driver stops his horse; we descend from the rickety dust-powered carriage, pay the fare and dismiss the driver. We gain the marble steps, remove our shoes in the boiling sun and abandon them to the boy and his basket. Probably we can pay our visit in our stocking-feet, but no!, wild gestilutations and speech prevent us in no uncertain terms. There is no way to see the Pagoda except in our bare feet also take off our stockings and abandon them together with our shoes in the basket. And with all footwear removed, everyone apparently is happy except ourselves and we are consciously uncomfortable in bare feet among the curious onlookers.