"No, madame; I study natural science."
"A professor then?"
"No, only an amateur."
"Ah! And you are French?"
"I am German."
"Impossible!" exclaimed the lady.
"Why impossible?" asked Wilhelm, smiling.
"You have no accent, and you look—"
"You probably think that every German has light blue eyes, flaxen hair, and a long pipe?"
"That is certainly pretty much how we picture Germans to ourselves in Spain."