She. "So, dear baron, you are just come down from the mountains. What lovely views you get there, do you not?"
Herr Baron. "Most lofly!"
She. "And what delicious water they give you to drink there!"
Herr Baron. "Ach, yes. That also haf I seen."
A CHOICE OF IDIOMS
Mr. Brown. "I say, Maria, what's the meaning of 'Sarner fairy hang,' which I hear you say in all the French shops, when they haven't got what you want—which they never have?"
Mrs. B. "Oh, it only means 'It's of no consequence.'"
Mr. B. "How odd! Now I always say 'Nimport'! But I dare say it comes to the same in the end."