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B. said to me as we sat down: "I'll tell you what's the matter with you, J.  you know too many languages for this continent. Your linguistic powers will be the ruin of us if you don't hold them in a bit. You don't know any Sanscrit or Chaldean, do you?" I replied that I did not. B TO ME AS WE SAT DOWN I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU J YOU KNOW TOO MANY LANGUAGES FOR THIS CONTINENT YOUR LINGUISTIC POWERS WILL BE THE RUIN OF US IF YOU DON'T HOLD THEM IN A BIT YOU DON'T KNOW ANY SANSKRIT OR CHALDEAN DO YOU I REPLIED THAT I DID NOT
 the old gentleman about B. He did understand me. I must give him credit for that. But beyond understanding me, he was of no more use than the others; and why they had taken so much trouble to fetch him, I could not imagine. What would have happened if the difficulty had continued much longer (for I was getting thoroughly wild with the lot of them) I cannot say. Fortunately, at this moment I caught sight of B. himself, who had just entered the room. I could not have greeted him more heartily if I had wanted to borrow money of him. "Well, I _am_ glad to see you again!" I cried. "Well, this _is_ pleasant! I thought I had lost you!" "Why, you are English!" cried out the old gentleman in the white hat, in very good Saxon, on hearing me speak to B. "Well, I know that," I replied, "and I'm proud of it. Have you any objection to my being English?" "Not in the least," he answered, "if you'd only talk English instead of Norwegian. I'm English myself;" and he walked away, evidently much puzzled. ITTLE AND THAT IS MORE THAN SOME PEOPLE DO I INQUIRED OF THE OLD GENTLEMAN ABOUT B HE DID UNDERSTAND ME I MUST GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR THAT BUT BEYOND UNDERSTANDING ME HE WAS OF NO MORE USE THAN THE OTHERS AND WHY THEY HAD TAKEN SO MUCH TROUBLE TO FETCH HIM I COULD NOT IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE DIFFICULTY HAD CONTINUED MUCH LONGER FOR I WAS GETTING THOROUGHLY WILD WITH THE LOT OF THEM I CANNOT SAY FORTUNATELY AT THIS MOMENT I CAUGHT SIGHT OF B HIMSELF WHO HAD JUST ENTERED THE ROOM I COULD NOT HAVE GREETED HIM MORE HEARTILY IF I HAD WANTED TO BORROW MONEY OF HIM WELL I AM GLAD TO SEE YOU AGAIN I CRIED WELL THIS IS PLEASANT I THOUGHT I HAD LOST YOU WHY YOU ARE ENGLISH CRIED OUT THE OLD GENTLEMAN IN THE WHITE HAT IN VERY GOOD SAXON ON HEARING ME SPEAK TO B WELL I KNOW THAT I REPLIED AND I'M PROUD OF IT HAVE YOU ANY OBJECTION TO MY BEING ENGLISH NOT IN THE LEAST HE ANSWERED IF YOU DON'T TALK ENGLISH INSTEAD OF NORWEGIAN I'M ENGLISH MYSELF AND HE WALKED AWAY EVIDENTLY MUCH PUZZLED
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