"Did I not lend you a pocket handkerchief?"
"Yes, but that didn't save my life."
"Of course you say it did not, but it did."
"How?" asked Billy.
"You used it to gag the jailer—iss it not?"
"Certainly not; I didn't gag him."
"Dat is not my fault; you could have gagged him with it, could you not?"
"Perhaps," said Billy, "but I didn't think of that."
"Ach, so, vat did I tell you—am I to be plamed because you did not think of it?" said Gehsundheit.
"But you didn't suggest it—you didn't think of it yourself."