“There! I won’t disturb your scientific studies,” she said. “You are English, are you not?” she added, in our language.
“I am. Like you.”
“Am I?”
“I think so.”
“A good guess.”
“Hardly a guess. You could scarcely be anything else.”
“By my bad German, or something worse?”
“By your good English.”
“And my bad style?”
“Not at all.”