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"No, I thought you didn't," he replied. "That is exactly the idea you give anybody. I wish you'd wake up a bit." NO I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T HE REPLIED THAT IS EXACTLY THE IDEA YOU GIVE ANYBODY I WISH YOU'D WAKE UP A BIT
e best German I knew. As nobody understood me, I went and got the things for myself. It saves a deal of argument, that method. People seem to know what you mean in a moment then. B. suggested that while we were in Belgium, where everybody spoke French, while very few indeed knew German, I should stand a better chance of being understood if I talked less German and more French. He said: "It will be easier for you, and less of a strain upon the natives. You stick to French," he continued, "as long as ever you can. You will get along much better with French. You will come across people now and then--smart, intelligent people--who will partially understand your French, but no human being, except a thought-reader, will ever obtain any glimmering of what you mean from your German." "Oh, are we in Belgium," I replied sleepily; "I thought we were in Germany. I didn't know." And then, in a burst of confidence, I added, feeling that further deceit was useless, "I don't know where I am, you know. ME BREAD AND SOME BUTTER I ORDERED THEM IN THE BEST GERMAN I KNEW AS NOBODY UNDERSTOOD ME I WENT AND GOT THE THINGS FOR MYSELF IT SAVES A DEAL OF ARGUMENT THAT METHOD PEOPLE SEEM TO KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN IN A MOMENT THEN B SUGGESTED THAT WHILE WE WERE IN BELGIUM WHERE EVERYBODY SPOKE FRENCH WHILE VERY FEW INDEED KNEW GERMAN I SHOULD STAND A BETTER CHANCE OF BEING UNDERSTOOD IF I TALKED LESS GERMAN AND MORE FRENCH HE SAID IT WILL BE EASIER FOR YOU AND LESS OF A STRAIN UPON THE NATIVES YOU STICK TO FRENCH HE CONTINUED AS LONG AS EVER YOU CAN YOU WILL GET ALONG MUCH BETTER WITH FRENCH YOU WILL COME ACROSS PEOPLE NOW AND THEN SMART INTELLIGENT PEOPLE WHO WILL PARTIALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR FRENCH BUT NO HUMAN BEING EXCEPT A THOUGHT READER WILL EVER OBTAIN ANY GLIMMERING OF WHAT YOU MEAN FROM YOUR GERMAN OH ARE WE IN BELGIUM I REPLIED SLEEPILY I THOUGHT WE WERE IN GERMANY I DIDN'T KNOW AND THEN IN A BURST OF CONFIDENCE I ADDED FEELING THAT FURTHER DECEIT WAS USELESS I DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM YOU KNOW
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