Do it well with you ?" I said that it did excellently well.

He walked on until he met half a dozen other men, some hundred yards away, when I saw him pointing to me and telling them of the long conversation he had been enjoying with me in my own difficult tongue.

It was quite clear from their interest that the others were conscious of the honour of having a real linguist among them.
Another day I went to Harlingen.

I had intended to reach the town by steam-tram, but the time table was deceptive and the engine stopped permanently at a station two or three miles away.

Fortunately, however, a curtained brake was passing, and into this I sprang, joining two women and a dominie, and together we ambled very deliberately into the quiet seaport.