Grumbkow, suppose we offered Baronet Hotham, as a sign of our friendship, a position as recruiting officer?
HOTHAM.
He would decline this honor, but he would beg another favor.
KING.
And that is—?
HOTHAM.
In all journals, in all records of travel, we read of a certain gathering in Berlin which goes beyond anything an Englishman can imagine in the way of clubs or private affairs.
KING.
Dear me—our police permit that sort of thing in Berlin? Really, I am most curious.