i was the wine waiter at the biggest hotel in lucerne. you look quite a gentleman in those tails. charmant. ah, you're flattering me. flattering you? my natural modesty forbids me to suppose that you would pay a truthful compliment to one so humble as myself. therefore, i assume that you are exaggerating, for which i believe the polite word is flattery. where did you learn to talk like that? you must have spent a lot of your time in the theater. yes. and i've been around a bit too. but you were born here, weren't you? yes. my father worked on the next farm to you. i used to see you when i was young. but you wouldn't remember me. no, really? yes. i remember one occasion, especially-- perhaps, i oughtn't to mention that. oh, no. please tell it, just this once. no. i really couldn't. not now. some other time, perhaps? some other time means never. is it so dangerous to tell it now? it's not dangerous. i'd rather not. i think christine must have fallen asleep in there. charming wife she'll make. does she snore too? she doesn't do that. but she talks in her sleep. how do you know? i've