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The shopkeeper's reply, by the by, is not given. It probably took the form of a boot jack, accompanied by phrases deemed useless for the purposes of the Christian tourist. THE SHOPKEEPER'S REPLY BY THE BYE IS NOT GIVEN IT PROBABLY TOOK THE FORM OF A BOOT CHECK ACCOMPANIED BY PHRASES DEEMED USELESS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CHRISTIAN TOURIST
very difficulty into which we had fallen--a book carefully compiled with the express object of enabling English travellers who, like ourselves, only spoke German in a dilettante fashion, to make their modest requirements known throughout the Fatherland, and to get out of the country alive and uninjured. I hastily snatched the book from my pocket, and commenced to search for dialogues dealing with the great food question. There were none! There were lengthy and passionate "Conversations with a laundress" about articles that I blush to remember. Some twenty pages of the volume were devoted to silly dialogues between an extraordinarily patient shoemaker and one of the most irritating and constitutionally dissatisfied customers that an unfortunate shop-keeper could possibly be cursed with; a customer who, after twaddling for about forty minutes, and trying on, apparently, every pair of boots in the place, calmly walks out with: "Ah! well, I shall not purchase anything to-day. Good-morning! ASSIST PEOPLE OUT OF THE VERY DIFFICULTY INTO WHICH WE HAD FALLEN A BOOK CAREFULLY COMPILED WITH THE EXPRESS OBJECT OF ENABLING ENGLISH TRAVELLERS WHO LIKE OURSELVES ONLY SPOKE GERMAN IN A DILETTANTE FASHION TO MAKE THEIR MODEST REQUIREMENTS KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE FATHERLAND AND TO GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY ALIVE AND UNINJURED I HASTILY SNATCHED THE BOOK FROM MY POCKET AND COMMENCED TO SEARCH FOR DIALOGUES DEALING WITH THE GREAT FOOD QUESTION THERE WERE NONE THERE WERE LENGTHY AND PASSIONATE CONVERSATIONS WITH A LAUNDRESS ABOUT ARTICLES THAT I BLUSH TO REMEMBER SOME TWENTY PAGES OF THE VOLUME WERE DEVOTED TO SILLY DIALOGUES BETWEEN AN EXTRAORDINARILY PATIENT SHOEMAKER AND ONE OF THE MOST IRRITATING AND CONSTITUTIONALLY DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS THAT AN UNFORTUNATE SHOPKEEPER COULD POSSIBLY BE CURSED WITH A CUSTOMER WHO AFTER TWADDLING FOR ABOUT FORTY MINUTES AND TRYING ON APPARENTLY EVERY PAIR OF BOOTS IN THE PLACE CALMLY WALKS OUT WITH AH WELL I SHALL NOT PURCHASE ANYTHING TO DAY GOOD MORNING
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