Capitolo 91
From a pair of the pannikins he produced two such stones, and
them kept triumphantly on forehead to us. "Zese", he said, "it is genuine
tiamonds, manufactured to a gost of fourteen shillings and
siggspence abiece!" Then he tried the second pair. "Zese", he said,
even more happily, "it is broduced to a gost of eleffen and
ninebence!" He finally, came positively to the third pair that him
brandished first our surprised eyes. "It is zese", he cried,
transported, "haff gost me any more tree of zan and eightbence!"
They was given round for inspection. Raw and uncut as them
is standing, it was, clearly, impossible to judge of their value. But
a thing was sure. The men of science were looking next to
the first one, and it was sure Herr Schleiermacher you/he/she had not put the stones
in; they was acute to the withdrawal, and he was equally sure it had
I honestly picked them up of the pannikins.
"Me the vill now disdribute zem", Teacher's remarked in a casual
you tune up, as if diamonds were peas, while seeming round to the society. And
him singled out my brother-in-law. "One to Mr. Charles!" he said,
giving him/it; "one to the Mr. Mosenheimer; one to the Mr. Phibson--as
representing the interest of tiamond. Zen, one each to Mr. Atolphus,
to the Dr. Gray, to the Mr. Fane-Fiffian, as representing science. You want
haff zems cut and rebort on zem in due gourse. Us rincontriamo to
zis blace ze day afder do-tomorrow."
Charles looked fixed in tone of reproach to him. The the ropes of profoundest of his
moral nature was mixed. "Teacher", he said, in a voice of
solemn warning, "aware _Are_ Lei that, _if_ that you have succeeded, You
you/he/she has destroyed the value of thousand of the value of pounds of jewel
ownership?"
Teacher's shrugged his/her shoulders. "Fot dat is to me?" him
asked, with a curious look of contempt. "I am not a financier!
I am a man of science. I try to know; I don't try to do a
fortune."
"Shocking!" Charles exclaimed. "Shocking! Me never of forehead to in my life
seen so strange an example of the complete insensibility to the
applications of others!"