blanchisseurs allaient sauvages.
bleachers went wild.
[THE ART OF PACKING]
With a Disquisition on the Science of Rooting for What You Have Packed
A traveler is a person who escorts baggage. He may think he is taking a trip for business or pleasure, but, whether he be journeying from Brooklyn to Hoboken with one trunk, or touring Europe with a bevy of handbags, his real occupation consists in chaperoning impedimenta.
There is something almost touching about the way in which he looks after his little flock—seeing that they are properly tagged, counting them anxiously to be sure that none are missing, defending them from the cruelty of expressmen, pleading for them at the feet of customs inspectors. He has care for the humblest satchel. If it be lost he will set down three full suitcases and seek after it until he finds it.
Not that he is actually fond of his luggage. But he has packed it and brought it with him, and therefore he is under obligation to it; is responsible for its well-being.