Geo. Why, anything that Meisterschaft talks about. It ain’t our affair.
W. I know; but Meisterschaft talks about everything.
Geo. And yet don’t talk about anything long enough for it to get embarrassing. Meisterschaft is just splendid for general conversation.
W. Yes, that’s so; but it’s so blamed general! Won’t it sound foolish?
Geo. Foolish? Why, of course; all German sounds foolish.
W. Well, that is true; I didn’t think of that.
Geo. Now, don’t fool around any more. Load up; load up; get ready. Fix up some sentences; you’ll need them in two minutes now.
(They walk up and down, moving their lips in dumb-show memorizing.)
W. Look here—when we’ve said all that’s in the book on a topic, and want to change the subject, how can we say so?—how would a German say it?
Geo. Well, I don’t know. But you know when they mean “Change cars,” they say Umsteigen. Don’t you reckon that will answer?