“Why, Herr Professor,—I did not—I only——” stammered Rumpf, putting the paper spectacles in his pocket, and walking back to his seat.
“Not another word!”
“I thought——”
“Be thtill, I tell you!”
“But won’t you permit me——”
“Knebel, put down: Wumpf hath one day added to the owiginal penalty faw obthtinathy. I am tiwed of fighting it out with you. You ought to be athamed to the vewy depth of your thoul!”
“Andiatur et altera pars, Herr Professor. This is a precept to which you have always called our attention!”
“Vewy good! You thall not thay that I am untrue to my printhipleth. What have you to thay faw yourthelf?”
“I can only assure you, sir, that it was not my intention to do anything disrespectful. I was only exercising myself in the art of mimicry.”
“It would have been better to exerthithe yourthelf in Latin thtyle and in Greek compothition.”