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Here had we been racking our brains and our bodies, trying to explain our wants to an uneducated German, while, all the time, there lay to our hands a book specially written and prepared to 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. HERE HAD WE BEEN RACKING OUR BRAINS AND OUR BODIES TRYING TO EXPLAIN OUR WANTS TO AN UNEDUCATED GERMAN WHILE ALL THE TIME THERE LAY TO OUR HANDS A BOOK SPECIALLY WRITTEN AND PREPARED TO 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
vents, was suffering from acute and agonising indigestion, and had done what they could to comfort him. The drug that they had given him was not one of those common, cheap medicines that lose their effect before they have been in the system half-an-hour. He felt that it would be useless to begin another supper then, even if he could get one, and so he went to bed a good deal hungrier and a good deal less refreshed than when he arrived at the inn. Gratitude is undoubtedly a thing that should not be attempted by the amateur pantomimist. "Savoury" is another. B. and I very nearly did ourselves a serious internal injury, trying to express it. We slaved like cab-horses at it--for about five minutes, and succeeded in conveying to the mind of the waiter that we wanted to have a game at dominoes. Then, like a beam of sunlight to a man lost in some dark, winding cave, came to me the reflection that I had in my pocket a German conversation book. How stupid of me not to have thought of it before. S POISONED OR AT ALL EVENTS WAS SUFFERING FROM ACUTE AND AGONIZING INDIGESTION AND HAD DONE WHAT THEY COULD TO COMFORT HIM THE DRUG THAT THEY HAD GIVEN HIM WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE COMMON CHEAP MEDICINES THAT LOSE THEIR EFFECTS BEFORE THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE SYSTEM HALF AN HOUR HE FELT THAT IT WOULD BE USELESS TO BEGIN ANOTHER SUPPER THEN EVEN IF HE COULD GET ONE AND SO HE WENT TO BED A GOOD DEAL HUNGRIER AND A GOOD DEAL LESS REFRESHED THAN WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE INN GRATITUDE IS UNDOUBTEDLY A THING THAT SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED BY THE AMATEUR PANTOMIMIST SAVOURY IS ANOTHER B AND I VERY NEARLY DID OURSELVES A SERIOUS INTERNAL INJURY TRYING TO EXPRESS IT WE SLAVED LIKE CAB HORSES AT IT FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND SUCCEEDED IN CONVEYING TO THE MIND OF THE WAITER THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE A GAME AT DOMINOES THEN LIKE A BEAM OF SUNLIGHT TO A MAN LOST IN SOME DARK WINDING CAVE CAME TO ME THE REFLECTION THAT I HAD IN MY POCKET A GERMAN CONVERSATION BOOK HOW STUPID OF ME NOT TO HAVE THOUGHT OF IT BEFORE
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