Excerpt from The Little Man: And Other Satires

Afternoon, on the departure platform of an Austrian railway station. At several little tables outside the buffet persons are taking refreshment, served by a pale young waiter. On a seat against the wall of the buffet a woman of lowly station is sitting beside two large bundles, on one of which she has placed her baby, swathed in a black shawl.

Waiter (approaching a table whereat sit an English traveller and his wife). Zwei Kaffee?

Englishman (paying). Thanks. (To his wife, in an Oxford voice) Sugar?

Englishwoman (in a Cambridge voice). One.

American Traveller (with field-glasses and a pocket camera - from another table). Waiter, I"d like to have you get my eggs. I"ve been sitting here quite a while.

Waiter. Yes, sare.

German Traveller. Kellner, bezahlen!

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