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"He tell me I act like I vas Capitan, dthen he call me 'damn. I tell him he vas a coachman!" The Baron looks surprised and a bit resentful at our laughter. "What made you call him a coachman?" Mrs. Steele is the first, as usual, to pull a straight face. "Madame forget I know not all Eenglish vords. I could dthink of nodthing more vorse I vas zo crazy vidth madness." "See the banana plantations!
"Vell, there veren't nobody else to, as I could see, sir," said the man, with a gentle smile and shake of the head. "Volks ain't partial to me in these yere parts, and as to them three, they're a bad lot, they are, but Vistlin' Dick's the vorst mark my vords, 'e'll come to be topped yet." "What do you mean by 'topped'?"
“Perfectly,” replied Mr Bunker, with great gravity. “Zen vy did ze Lady Hilton schream and ze ozzer Lady Hilton cry, ‘Ach, zat German man!’ And vy did ze old lady schream to ze gentleman, ‘Send him avay! How dare you? Insolence!’ and suchlike vords?” “What remarkable conduct, my dear Baron!” said Mr Bunker. “Remargable!” roared the justly incensed Baron. “Is it not more zan remargable?
The committee-men are late; I wonder if there has been any fighting at the centres, where they have been addressing meetings." "Ah, dat is anoder point," said Pinchas. "Vy you no let me address meetings not de little ones in de street, but de great ones in de hall of de Club? Dere my vords vould rush like de moundain dorrents, sveeping avay de corruptions. But you let all dese fool-men talk.
That's a call to the man on point!" exclaimed Collins, all alert at once. "Excuse me, mum. See you presently. Something's up. One of my mates is a-signalling me." "Mates, monsieur? Mates? Signalling? I shall not understand the vords. But yes, vat shall that mean eh?" "Good Lord, don't bother me now! I I mean, wait a bit. That's the call to 'head off' someone, and By George!
You're honely in the hinfancy of the istoryonic hart you know; your performers never haspirate the haitch in sich vords for instance as hink and hoats, and leave out the w in wice wanity you know; and make nothink of homittin the k in somethink." There is much more in the same style, but, perhaps, this may suffice.
Weller, with the tears still running down his cheeks, 'it 'ud ha' been a wery great accommodation to me if I could ha' done it, and 'ud ha' saved a good many vords atween your mother-in-law and me, sometimes; but I'm afeerd you're right, Sammy, it's too much in the appleplexy line a deal too much, Samivel.
Why, this here old lady next me is a-drowndin' herself in tea. 'Be quiet, can't you? murmured Sam. 'Sam, whispered Mr. Weller, a moment afterwards, in a tone of deep agitation, 'mark my vords, my boy. If that 'ere secretary fellow keeps on for only five minutes more, he'll blow hisself up with toast and water. 'Well, let him, if he likes, replied Sam; 'it ain't no bis'ness o' yourn.
At which there leaped to his feet a Russian Jewish tailor, Rabin by name; his first name was Scholem, which means Peace, and he cried in great excitement: "Vot business have ve Socialists vit such vords? Ve might leaf dem to de enemy, vot?" You might have thought you were in Leesville, listening to Comrade Stankewitz.
I nefer did pe learning it, yat I nefer haf to say to myself 'What is it she would be saying? when I speak ta Gaelic; put she always has to set ta tead men that is ta vords on their feet, and put tem in pattle array, when she would pe speaking ta dull mechanic English. When she opens her mouth to it, ta Gaelic comes like a spring of pure water, Malcolm. Ta plenty of it must run out.
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