He started a row with the driver of the sledge, and devoted the journey outwards to an argument on the fiscal question.

He told the proprietor of the hotel what he thought of German cooking, and insisted on having the windows open.

One of our party--a German student--sang, "Deutschland, Deutschland uber alles,"-- which led to a heated discussion on the proper place of sentiment in literature, and a general denunciation by Johnson of Teutonic characteristics in general.

We did not dance.

Johnson said that, of course, he spoke only for himself, but the sight of middle-aged ladies and gentlemen catching hold of each other round the middle and jigging about like children was to him rather a saddening spectacle, but to the young such gambolling was natural.