However, we did talk German in certain streets in Prague; it was a case of talking German or nothing.

The Czech dialect is said to be of great antiquity and of highly scientific cultivation.

Its alphabet contains forty-two letters, suggestive to a stranger of Chinese.

It is not a language to be picked up in a hurry.

We decided that on the whole there would be less risk to our constitution in keeping to German, and as a matter of fact no harm came to us.