INFELICITOUS QUOTATIONS.
Hostess. "WON'T YOU TRY SOME OF THAT JELLY, HERR SILBERMUND?"
Herr Silbermund (who has just been helped to Pudding). "ACH, ZANK YOU, NO. I VOOT 'RAHZER PEAR VIZ ZE ILLS VE HAF, ZAN VLY TO OZZERS ZAT VE KNOW NOT OF.'" [Herr S. is particularly proud of his knowledge of Shakspeare.]