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"But you both sit there with both your mugs open," replies the girl in an injured tone. "What do you mean, 'we sit with our mugs open'?" asks B. "Can't we have our mugs open if we like?" "Ah, yes," she explains pathetically; "but then I think you want more beer. Gentlemen always open their mugs when they want them filled with beer." BUT YOU BOTH SIT THERE WITH BOTH YOUR MUGS OPEN REPLIES THE GIRL IN AN INJURED TONE WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE SIT WITH OUR MUGS OPEN ASKS B CAN'T WE HAVE OUR MUGS OPEN IF WE LIKE AH YES SHE EXPLAINS PATHETICALLY BUT THEN I THINK YOU WANT MORE BEER GENTLEMEN ALWAYS OPEN THEIR MUGS WHEN THEY WANT THEM FILLED WITH BEER
, we left the pot, standing before us with the cover up, and each time it was, in consequence, taken away, and brought back to us, brimming full again. After about the sixth time, we gently remonstrated. "This is very kind of you, my good girl," B. said, "but really I don't think we _can_. I don't think we ought to. You must not go on doing this sort of thing. We will drink this one now that you have brought it, but we really must insist on its being the last." After about the tenth time we expostulated still more strongly. "Now, you know what I told you four quarts ago!" remarked B., severely. "This can't go on for ever. Something serious will be happening. We are not used to your German school of drinking. We are only foreigners. In our own country we are considered rather swagger at this elbow-raising business, and for the credit of old England we have done our best. But now there must be an end to it. I simply decline to drink any more. No, do not press me. Not even another gallon! STOM EACH TIME AFTER WE HAD SWALLOWED THE QUART WE LEFT THE POT STANDING BEFORE US WITH THE COVER UP AND EACH TIME IT WAS CONSEQUENCE TAKEN AWAY AND BROUGHT BACK TO US BRIMMING FULL AGAIN AFTER ABOUT THE SIXTH TIME WE GENTLY REMONSTRATED THIS IS VERY KIND OF YOU MY GOOD GIRL HE SAID BUT REALLY I DON'T THINK WE CAN I DON'T THINK WE OUGHT TO YOU MUST NOT GO ON DOING THIS SORT OF THING WE WILL DRINK THIS ONE NOW THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT IT BUT WE REALLY MUST INSIST ON ITS BEING THE LAST AFTER ABOUT THE TENTH TIME WE EXPOSTULATED STILL MORE STRONGLY NOW YOU KNOW WHAT I TOLD YOU FOUR QUARTS AGO REMARKED B SEVERELY THIS CAN'T GO ON FOR EVER SOMETHING SERIOUS WILL BE HAPPENING WE ARE NOT USED TO YOUR GERMAN SCHOOL OF DRINKING WE ARE ONLY FOREIGNERS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY WE ARE CONSIDERED RATHER SWAGGER AT THIS ELBOW RAISING BUSINESS AND FOR THE CREDIT OF OLD ENGLAND WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST BUT NOW THERE MUST BE AN END TO IT I SIMPLY DECLINE TO DRINK ANY MORE NO DO NOT PRESS ME NOT EVEN ANOTHER GALLON
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