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We twisted and turned the unfortunate word "savoury" into sounds so quaint, so sad, so unearthly, that you would have thought they might have touched the heart of a savage. This stoical Teuton, however, remained unmoved. Then we tried pantomime. WE TWISTED AND TURNED THE UNFORTUNATE WORDS SAVOURY INTO SOUNDS SO QUAINT SO SAD SO UNEARTHLY THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THEY MIGHT HAVE TOUCHED THE HEART OF A SAVAGE THIS STOICAL TEUTON HOWEVER REMAINED UNMOVED THEN WE TRIED PANTOMIME
dwork. I got over that part of my task very easily. With the practice I had had during the last two days, I could have ordered coffee and rolls for forty. Then I foraged round for luxuries, and ordered a green salad. I had some difficulty at first in convincing the man that it was not a boiled cabbage that I wanted, but succeeded eventually in getting that silly notion out of his head. I still had a little German left, even after that. So I ordered an omelette also. "Tell him a savoury one," said B., "or he will be bringing us something full of hot jam and chocolate-creams. You know their style." "Oh, yes," I answered. "Of course. Yes. Let me see. What is the German for savoury?" "Savoury?" mused B. "Oh! ah! hum! Bothered if I know! Confound the thing--I can't think of it!" I could not think of it either. As a matter of fact, I never knew it. We tried the man with French. We said: "_Une omelette aux fines herbes_." As he did not appear to understand that, we gave it him in bad English. TY FOR ME TO TRY MY GERMAN I ORDERED COFFEE AND ROLLS AS A GROUNDWORK I GOT OVER THAT PART OF MY TASK VERY EASILY WITH THE PRACTICE I HAD HAD DURING THE LAST TWO DAYS I COULD HAVE ORDERED COFFEE AND ROLLS FOR FORTY THEN I FORAGED AROUND FOR LUXURIES AND ORDERED A GREEN SALAD I HAD SOME DIFFICULTY AT FIRST IN CONVINCING THE MAN THAT IT WAS NOT A BOILED CABBAGE THAT I WANTED BUT SUCCEEDED EVENTUALLY IN GETTING THAT SILLY NOTION OUT OF HIS HEAD I STILL HAD THE LITTLE GERMAN LEFT EVEN AFTER THAT SO I ORDERED AN OMELET ALSO TELL HIM A SAVOURY ONE SAID B OR HE WILL BE BRINGING US SOMETHING FULL OF HOT JAM AND CHOCOLATE CREAMS YOU KNOW THEIR STYLE OH YES I ANSWERED OF COURSE YES LET ME SEE WHAT IS THE GERMAN FOR SAVOURY SAVOURY MUSED B OH AH UM BOTHERED IF I KNOW CONFOUND THE THING I CAN'T THINK OF IT I COULD NOT THINK OF IT EITHER AS A MATTER OF FACT I NEVER KNEW IT WE TRIED THE MAN WITH FRENCH WE SAID UHMLET AU FINNE ELBE AS HE DID NOT APPEAR TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE GAVE IT HIM IN BAD ENGLISH
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