2 entertaining stories: "On getting Respect at Inns &Hotels"(Belloc)&"The Bet"(Chekhov)

To lighten your load, two (very) short stories to make your travelling lighter. The first, 'The Bet' by Chekhov, late 19th century, and the second a sarcastic take on how one may be rudely received 'at Inns and Hotels', by Hilaire Belloc, early 20th century.

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