What did the conductor stand triumphant
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I've got my rules,' said the conductor to me when I was the last passenger left behind. He had won this victory, but felt that he would like to justify himself to somebody.
'Rules,' I said, 'are necessary things, but there are rules and rules. Some are hard and fast rules, like the rule of the road, which cannot be broken without danger to life and limb. But some are only rules for your guidance, which you can apply or wink at, a commonsense dictates like that rule about the dogs. They are not a whip put in your band to scourge your passengers with, but an authority for an emergency. They are meant to be observed in the spirit, not in the letter, for the comfort and not the discomfort of the passengers. You have kept the rule and broken its spirit. You may mix your rules with a little goodwill and good temper.'