'I was admiring your fuller's-earth,' said I; 'I think that I should be better able to advise you as to your machine if I knew what the exact purpose was for which it was used.'
"A bentonitját csodálom, ezredes úr" - válaszoltam. - "Bizonyára hasznosabb tanácsokkal tudnám ellátni, ha ismerném a gép valódi rendeltetését."