She confronted the jester, hands upon hips, her doll eyes shining with triumph.
"Hah! Now, mister, I ask you something good like you ask me.

You git ready! _Sprechen sie English_ ?" Dave Cowan affected to be overcome with confusion, while Minna laughed loud and long at her sally.

Herman laughed with her, his head back and huge red beard lifted from his chest.
"She got you that time, mister!" he called to Dave.

"Mamma's a bright one, give her a minute so she gits herself on the spot!" "_Ja! Sprechen sie English_ ?" taunted Minna again, for a second relish of her repartee.

Effusively, in her triumph, she patted the cheek of the Wilbur twin.