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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!" 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
ss 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. 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. I hastily snatched the book from my pocket, and commenced to search for dialogues dealing with the great food question. NJURY 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 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 I HASTILY SNATCHED THE BOOK FROM MY POCKET AND COMMENCED TO SEARCH FOR DIALOGUES DEALING WITH THE GREAT FOOD QUESTION
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