TIME WAS PRECIOUS.
German scholars are famous for their economy of odd minutes.
Herr Schmidt is an absent-minded teacher of music. One of his pupils asked him : ‘ At what o’clock do yon want me to come to your house to-morrow to take my lesson ?’ ‘ Oh, veil, choost come ven you gets ready ; put be sure you vas on time, for I don’t vant to be kept vaiting.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 9, 27 February 1892, Page 209
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67TIME WAS PRECIOUS. New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 9, 27 February 1892, Page 209
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