Joseph: Bucharest is a second Paris.
Tex: Grrrrrrrrmph!
Joseph: Though I daresay it has been destroyed by now.
Tex: (to his wife).... Have you done with Femina? If so, I’ll give it to those Dutch ladies.
(Stalks off to Mrs. and Miss van L.)
Joseph: (to an Irish widow) I have been to all the capitals of Europe ... (and holds the wretched Mrs. N. enthralled, so I am told, for two mortal hours)....
Later. Joseph (to [my wife]): How clever of your husband to speak Dutch to those ladies!
[My wife]: Not at all! He’s a Dutchman.
Joseph: I know Holland very well. I have been to Rotterdam. I have been to Java. The finest botanical gardens in the world are at Buitenzorg near Batavia.
[My wife]: Re-e-ally!