The moment we spoke to him he expressed this indignation in no measured terms.
"Thank you very much indeed," he said; "it's simple enough.

I want to go to Donaueschingen myself by train; from Donaueschingen I am going to walk to Geisengen; from Geisengen I am going to take the train to Engen, and from Engen I am going to bicycle to Constance.

But I don't want to take my bag with me; I want to find it at Constance when I get there.

I have been trying to explain the thing to this fool for the last ten minutes; but I can't get it into him." "It is very disgraceful," I agreed.

"Some of these German workmen know hardly any other language than their own." "I have gone over it with him," continued the man, "on the time table, and explained it by pantomime.