I paid six marks a day.
The First Man
Well, that made forty-two marks for the week. Now the way to figure out how much the porteer ought to get is easy: a fellow I met in Baden-Baden showed me how to do it. First, you multiply your hotel bill by two, then you divide it by twenty-seven, and then you knock off half a mark. Twice forty-two is eighty-four. Twenty-seven into eighty-four goes about three times, and half from three leaves two and a half. See how easy it is?
The Second Man
It looks easy, anyhow. But you haven’t got much time to do all that figuring.
The First Man
Well, let the porteer wait. The longer he has to wait the more he appreciates you.
The Second Man
But how about the others?
The First Man