31/48 The Moldaves, if possible, drink more, and talk more than the Wallachians. It is singular enough that the only Moldavian I have known could not speak. I suppose he was born dumb. A Moldavian born dumb! Excuse me, the thing is impossible,--all Moldavians are born talking! I have known a Moldavian who could not speak, but he was not born dumb. His master, an Armenian, snipped off part of his tongue at Adrianople. |