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He rubbed his hands and flirted his fingers in motion of anxiety, "Every ting vat de shentleman vant him dare notin like to my zin and brondty vat him got mit ze zity," said Dutchy. "Gentlemen, I should be glad to have you drink with me, if it be proper to ask," said Manuel.
I was trembling lest he should make intimate inquiries, but beyond asking my name, and whether I was a Christian, he did not concern himself with personal questions. "Vat vages do you vant?" he asked. I told him I should be pleased to take whatever was paid to other girls doing work of the same kind. "Ach no! Dese girls are full-timers.
'You vant? 'I want the file of the Times! 'I have the corkscrew of the good landlord; but the file of the Times I have it not. Have you your boots, your fish-sauce, your currycomb? he went on. Then, lapsing into irrelevant local gossip, 'the granddaughter of the blacksmith has the landing-net of the bad tailor. 'I want my bill, my note, my addition, my consommation, I answered angrily.
Bon! zat is grand; ze capitaine he vill be rejoice to hear ze news; for he say, ven ve pull you up out of ze bateau, `Aha! here is von fine fellow; he mus' be tres fort ven he is vell; ve mus' try to save him; he vill be more useful in our vat you call, eh? gaillard d'avant, dan in ze stomach of ze shark! You vant vattare, eh?
Set it here on dis chair now you go avay and help vid dem sideboards. See here vunce, mister. You see, dey vas makin' de altar over new, and one of de mens come to me last week and he says: 'Mister Kling, come vid me and buy vot ve don't vant. De school is too small, and some of de children got no place to sit down in.
I shall pay ver' vell; I haf nine hundert vrancs of inkomm, und I haf not ver' long ter lif. . . . I shall gif no drouble vatefer. . . . I can eat onydings I only vant to shmoke mein bipe. Und you are der only von dat haf shed a tear for Bons, mit me; und so, I lof you." "I should be very glad, sir; but, to begin with, M. Gaudissart has given me a proper wigging " "Vigging?"
Ain't that so, or am I wrong?" "Yes, that is so," the young man answered. "Vell, I vant to tell you right now that it ain't no manner of use. There's someone slipped in afore you." "She told me so." "Vell, you can lay that she told you truth. But did she tell you who it vas?" "No, I asked her; but she wouldn't tell." "I dare say not, the leetle baggage!
"Is it yours to sell?" "It is." There was no trace of resentment in his voice, nor did he show the slightest irritation at being asked so pointed a question. "Vell, I don't keep a pawn-shop. I got no license, and if I had I vouldn't do it too much trouble all de time. Poor vomans, dead-beats, suckers, sneak-thieves all kind of peoples you don't vant, to come in the door vhen you have a pawn-shop."
Yes, yes, dis is Erdstrom's place! Heh? Oh, you vant de doctor?" Kennicott appeared, growled into the telephone: "Well, what do you want? Oh, hello Dave; what do you want? Which Morgenroth's? Adolph's? All right. Amputation? Yuh, I see. Say, Dave, get Gus to harness up and take my surgical kit down there and have him take some chloroform. I'll go straight down from here. May not get home tonight.
"Reading the card quickly, I said to him: 'Thank you, Alex, may I have another one of these cards? "He handed me another one, saying, 'Vot you vant mit anudder vun? "'I want one to hold as a keepsake of the man, of all men, who is gladdest to see me when I get around; the other I shall pin to the order I shall take from you today and send to my firm.
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