Second Briton (brutally inclined). No! the ladies are obliged to be trente et quarante to match the tables.
WHY WE ARE SO BELOVED ON THE CONTINENT
Provincial Tourist (to "Kellner" who offers him sausages). "I say, old feller, any 'osses died about 'ere lately! Chevals morts, you know!!"
[And the worst of it is, that though his compatriots did not laugh,
as he expected, the "vulgarian" wasn't a bit abashed.