Footnotes:
[A] Caput—a German slang expression with the general significance of the English “gone to smash,” but also a hundred other and wider meanings, impossible to render in brief.
[B] The original is by Charles Herman, of Brussels.
[C] Helfen—to help.
[D] The German custom on an engagement taking place is to announce it with the above words, signifying “M. and N. announce (recommend) themselves as betrothed.” This appears in the newspaper—as a marriage with us.