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After about the tenth time we expostulated still more strongly. "Now, you know what I told you four quarts ago!" remarked B., severely. "This can't go on for ever. Something serious will be happening. We are not used to your German school of drinking. We are only foreigners. In our own country we are considered rather swagger at this elbow raising business, and for the credit of old England we have done our best. But now there must be an end to it. I simply decline to drink any more. No, do not press me. Not even another gallon!" AFTER ABOUT THE TENTH TIME WE EXPOSTULATED STILL MORE STRONGLY NOW YOU KNOW WHAT I TOLD YOU FOUR QUARTS AGO REMARKED B SEVERELY THIS CAN'T GO ON FOR EVER SOMETHING SERIOUS WILL BE HAPPENING WE ARE NOT USED TO YOUR GERMAN SCHOOL OF DRINKING WE ARE ONLY FOREIGNERS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY WE ARE CONSIDERED RATHER SWAGGER AT THIS ELBOW RAISING BUSINESS AND FOR THE CREDIT OF OLD ENGLAND WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST BUT NOW THERE MUST BE AN END TO IT I SIMPLY DECLINE TO DRINK ANY MORE NO DO NOT PRESS ME NOT EVEN ANOTHER GALLON
olled about in agonies to all the national airs of Europe. If ever you visit a German beer-hall or garden--to study character or anything of that kind--be careful, when you have finished drinking your beer, to shut the cover of the mug down tight. If you leave it with the cover standing open, that is taken as a sign that you want more beer, and the girl snatches it away and brings it back refilled. B. and I very nearly had an accident one warm night, owing to our ignorance of this custom. Each time after we had swallowed the quart, we left the pot, standing before us with the cover up, and each time it was, in consequence, taken away, and brought back to us, brimming full again. After about the sixth time, we gently remonstrated. "This is very kind of you, my good girl," B. said, "but really I don't think we _can_. I don't think we ought to. You must not go on doing this sort of thing. We will drink this one now that you have brought it, but we really must insist on its being the last. LET MUSIC FROM CARMEN AFTER WHICH WE ROLLED ABOUT IN AGONIES TO ALL THE NATIONAL AIRS OF EUROPE IF EVER YOU VISIT A GERMAN BEER HALL OR GARDEN TO STUDY CHARACTER OR ANYTHING OF THAT KIND BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED DRINKING YOUR BEER TO SHUT THE COVER OF THE MUG DOWN TIGHT IF YOU LEAVE IT WITH THE COVER STANDING OPEN THAT IS TAKEN AS A SIGN THAT YOU WANT MORE BEER AND THE GIRL SNATCHES IT AWAY AND BRINGS IT BACK REFILLED B AND I VERY NEARLY HAD AN ACCIDENT ONE WARM NIGHT OWING TO OUR IGNORANCE OF THIS CUSTOM EACH TIME AFTER WE HAD SWALLOWED THE QUART WE LEFT THE POT STANDING BEFORE US WITH THE COVER UP AND EACH TIME IT WAS CONSEQUENCE TAKEN AWAY AND BROUGHT BACK TO US BRIMMING FULL AGAIN AFTER ABOUT THE SIXTH TIME WE GENTLY REMONSTRATED THIS IS VERY KIND OF YOU MY GOOD GIRL HE SAID BUT REALLY I DON'T THINK WE CAN I DON'T THINK WE OUGHT TO YOU MUST NOT GO ON DOING THIS SORT OF THING WE WILL DRINK THIS ONE NOW THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT IT BUT WE REALLY MUST INSIST ON ITS BEING THE LAST
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