The Innocents Abroad — Volume 03 by Mark Twain
page 86 of 118 (72%)
page 86 of 118 (72%)
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"Ah--what did you say this gentleman's name was?"
"Christopher Colombo!--ze great Christopher Colombo!" "Christopher Colombo--the great Christopher Colombo. Well, what did he do?" "Discover America!--discover America, Oh, ze devil!" "Discover America. No--that statement will hardly wash. We are just from America ourselves. We heard nothing about it. Christopher Colombo --pleasant name--is--is he dead?" "Oh, corpo di Baccho!--three hundred year!" "What did he die of?" "I do not know!--I can not tell." "Small-pox, think?" "I do not know, genteelmen!--I do not know what he die of!" "Measles, likely?" "May be--may be--I do not know--I think he die of somethings." "Parents living?" "Im-poseeeble!" |
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