It was built of the plainest and cheapest partially-smoothed boards, with a coating of dull paint on them, and there was nowhere a thought of decoration.

The floor was bare, but would not long remain so when the dust should begin to fly.

Across one end of the compartment ran a netting for the accommodation of hand-baggage; at the other end was a door which would shut, upon compulsion, but wouldn't stay shut; it opened into a narrow little closet which had a wash-bowl in one end of it, and a place to put a towel, in case you had one with you--and you would be sure to have towels, because you buy them with the bedding, knowing that the railway doesn't furnish them.

On each side of the car, and running fore and aft, was a broad leather-covered sofa to sit on in the day and sleep on at night.

Over each sofa hung, by straps, a wide, flat, leather-covered shelf--to sleep on.