He spread out his purchases before him: carved caskets, spillikins and paper-knives of all kinds, of which he had bought quantities at all the different watering-places, and he gave them away to everybody, including Lischen, the maid, and the landlord, with whom he joked in his funny broken German, assuring him that not the waters had cured Kitty but his excellent food, especially his plum soup.
Aveva disposto accanto a sé le compere fatte in grande quantità nei vari luoghi di cura: cofanetti scolpiti, gingilli, coltellini intagliati d’ogni specie, e li andava regalando a tutti, compresa Lischen, la cameriera, e l’albergatore, col quale scherzava in quel suo comico, pessimo tedesco, assicurandolo che non erano le acque che avevano guarito Kitty, ma la sua ottima cucina, in particolare la zuppa con le prugne secche.