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"Pray forgive me if I seem to intrude on your personal affairs," he said; "but, taking your own words, you are how do you say it schlimm aux abois " "Hard up. Yes." "What? You speak German, or is it French?" "German, a little. I am understandable in French." "Ah." Again von Kerber paused. Royson smiled.
Commerce, as was natural, went rocking and tossing, as on a sea under earthquakes; but there was always ready money among Friedrich's soldiers, as among no other: nor did the common people, or retail purchasers, suffer by it. "Von aussen schon, van innen schlimm; Von aussen Friedrich, von innen Ephraim. Outside noble, inside slim: Outside Friedrich, inside Ephraim.
"Slim Piet" is the universal nickname for old Joubert among friends and enemies alike, and so far he has well deserved it. For the Dutch "slim" stands half way between the German "schlimm" and our description of young girls, and it means exactly what the Cockney means by "artful." Artful Piet has managed well. He has given the Boers an appearance of triumph.
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