Why? Don't be bashful, help yourself.
HINZE.
I tell you, white cabbage does not agree with me.
JACKPUD.
It will taste all the better to me. Give me your hand! I must become better acquainted with you, Sir Hunter.
HINZE.
Here!
JACKPUD.
Take here the hand of an honest German fellow; I am not ashamed of being German, as many of my countrymen are. (He presses the cat's hand very tightly.)