He took me by the two shoulders, walked me out into the street, and closed the door behind me with a bang.

I was never more surprised in all my life.
"Maybe the book was worth twenty-five marks," I suggested.
"Of course it was," he replied; "well worth it.

But what a notion of business!" If anything change the German character, it will be the German woman.

She herself is changing rapidly--advancing, as we call it.

Ten years ago no German woman caring for her reputation, hoping for a husband, would have dared to ride a bicycle: to-day they spin about the country in their thousands.