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Rh "Oh, no, it's got to be this one! Good-by, Count Vogelstein. I hope you 'll judge us correctly!"

The young man went his way and passed the barrier of the dock. Here he was met by his English servant, who had a face of consternation, which led him to ask whether a cab were not forthcoming.

"They call 'em 'acks 'ere, sir," said the man, "and they 're beyond everything. He wants thirty shillings to take you to the inn."

Vogelstein hesitated a moment. "Couldn't you find a German?"

"By the way he talks, he is a German!" said the man; and in a moment Count Vogelstein began his career in America by discussing the tariff of hackney-coaches in the language of the fatherland.