I'd heard of the hotels in the sma' places, and I knew they couldna be tae good.
It's harder than one wha hasna done it can realize the travel and gie twa shows a day for any length of time.

If it was staying always a week or mair in the ane city, it would be better.

But in America, for the first time, I had to combine long travelling wi' constant singing.
Folks come in frae long distances to a toon when a show they want to see is booked to appear, and it's necessary that there should be a matinee as well as a nicht performance whenever it's at a' possible.
They all told me not to fret; that I didna ken, until I'd seen for myself, how comfortable travel in America could be made.

I had my private car--that was a rare thing for me to be thinking of.

And, indeed, it was as comfortable as anyone made me think it could be.
There was a real bedroom--I never slept in a berth, but in a brass bed, just as saft and comfortable as ever I could ha' known in ma own wee hoose at hame.