Человек в высоком замке

           Nodoubtheusesoneofthosephonographrecordcourses;heisastudent,andsuchcourses,beingcheap,arequitepopularwithstudents."

           TheyoungJapanese,obviouslynotunderstandingEnglish,bowedandsmiled.

           "Isee,"Baynesmurmured."Well,Iwishhimluck."Ihavemyownlinguisticproblems,hethought.Evidently.

           Goodlord—theyoungJapanesestudent,whiledrivinghimtohishotel,wouldnodoubtattempttoconversewithhiminSwedishtheentireway.AlanguagewhichMr.Baynesbarelyunderstood,andthenonlywhenitwasspokeninthemostformalandcorrectmanner,certainlynotwhenattemptedbyayoungJapanesewhotriedtopickitupfromaphonographrecordcourse.

           He’llnevergetthroughtome,Mr.Baynesthought.Andhe’llkeeptrying,becausethisishischance;probablyhewillneverseeaSwedeagain.Mr.Baynesgroanedinwardly.Whatanordealitwasgoingtobe,forbothofthem.