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I hastily snatched the book from my pocket, and commenced to search for dialogues dealing with the great food question. There were none! I HASTILY SNATCHED THE BOOK FROM MY POCKET AND COMMENCED TO SEARCH FOR DIALOGUES DEALING WITH THE GREAT FOOD QUESTION THERE WERE NONE
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. 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.  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 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
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