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Then there were two pages of watery chatter "on meeting a friend in the street"  "Good morning, sir (or madam)." "I wish you a merry Christmas." "How is your mother?" As if a man who hardly knew enough German to keep body and soul together, would want to go about asking after the health of a foreign person's mother. THEN THERE WERE TWO PAGES OF WATERY CHATTER ON MEETING A FRIEND IN THE STREET GOOD MORNING SIR OR MADAM I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS HOW IS YOUR MOTHER AS IF A MAN WHO HARDLY KNEW ENOUGH GERMAN TO KEEP BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER WOULD WANT TO GO ABOUT ASKING AFTER THE HEALTH OF A FOREIGN PERSON'S MOTHER
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!" 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. There was really something remarkable about the exhaustiveness of this "conversation at the shoemaker's." I should think the book must have been written by someone who suffered from corns. I could have gone to a German shoemaker with this book and have talked the man's head off. RE 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 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 THERE WAS REALLY SOMETHING REMARKABLE ABOUT THE EXHAUSTIVENESS OF THIS CONVERSATION AT THE SHOEMAKER'S I SHOULD THINK THE BOOK MUST HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY SOME ONE WHO SUFFERED FROM CORNS I COULD HAVE GONE TO A GERMAN SHOEMAKER WITH THIS BOOK AND HAVE TALKED THE MAN'S HEAD OFF
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