"No sir."
"Ah, you must learn de German — dat is my language."
"I don't know my own language yet," said Winthrop.
"Vat is dat?"
"English."
"English! — But how do you do, here amongst de hills — is there somebody to learn you?"
"No sir."
"And you go by yourself? — Vell, I believe you will climb anything," said Mr. Herder, with a little smile; "only it is goot to know what place to begin, — as I have found."
"I must begin where I can, sir."
"But you should get to de Université; from dere it is more easy."