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She had taken him to a studio tea in the upper sixties just off West End Avenue, the proprietors of the studio being a tousled, bearded, blond anarchist of a painter and his exceedingly pretty, smart, frivolous-looking wife who had more sense than she was willing to let appear. They had lived in Paris for years, but the fact that he had a German-sounding name had driven them back to New York.
Should it chance that your grandfather's name; was Schmidt, or something equally German-sounding, it is all off. The Italians, I repeat, are a suspicious folk, and they are taking no chances. Moreover, unless you are able to convince them of the imperative necessity of your visiting Italy, you do not go.
The sisters heard, and in her natural tone Eleanor said in French, 'Sir, know you who you are thus treating? The King's daughter sisters of the Dauphiness! He laughed. 'Full well, he answered, in very German-sounding French. 'Such usage will bring the vengeance of the King and Dauphin on you. He laughed yet more loudly.
Steingall darted a quick glance to his questioner. "I have a stupid trick of adopting phrases from my pet authors," he said. "Does Ewigkeit mean eternity?" "Yes." "Well, then, I withdraw it." "Try Niflheim." "Or Rüdesheim," suggested Devar wickedly. Steingall laughed. Despite his German-sounding name, he spoke French fluently, but German not at all. "They're off the map," he said.
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