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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." 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
t my bag. I assured him in picturesque German that I had nothing to declare. He did not appear to comprehend me, which struck me as curious, and took the bag away from me, which left me nothing to sit upon but the floor. But I felt too sleepy to be indignant. After our luggage had been examined, we went into the buffet. My instinct had not misled me: there I found hot coffee, and rolls and butter. I ordered two coffees with milk, some 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. OVER ME POINTING MELODRAMATICALLY AT MY BAG I ASSURED HIM IN PICTURESQUE GERMAN THAT I HAD NOTHING TO DECLARE HE DID NOT APPEAR TO COMPREHEND ME WHICH STRUCK ME AS CURIOUS AND TOOK THE BAG AWAY FROM ME WHICH LEFT ME NOTHING TO SIT UPON BUT THE FLOOR BUT I FELT TOO SLEEPY TO BE INDIGNANT AFTER OUR LUGGAGE HAD BEEN EXAMINED WE WENT INTO THE BUFFET MY INSTINCT HAD NOT MISLED ME THERE I FOUND HOT COFFEE AND ROLLS AND BUTTER I ORDERED TWO COFFEES WITH MILK SOME 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
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