"The place looked empty.

Excuse me for yelling." "What do you want ?" "That broad--Say, you speak English, don't you ?" "Certainly," snapped the old man.

"Why shouldn't I?
I can't afford an interpreter.

You'll find plenty of English used here in Edelweiss since the Americans and British came.

They won't learn our language, so we must learn theirs." "You speak it quite as well as I do." "Better, young man.