"Coward!" said Joan. "Still, if you're really determined to open him, remember half belongs to me."

A moment later I had poured half the contents of Johann—his full name is Johann Maria Farina—into my bath.


She. "This be a terrible war, Doctor."

He. "It is, indeed."

She. "It's a pity someone don't catch that there old Kruger."

He. "Ah, you mean the Kaiser."

She. "Aw—changed his name, has he—deceitful old varmint?"