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Ich bin schlecht, ich bin schlecht!
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Dass ist wahr, mein Gott!
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But trust you? Schweinefleisch! I wouldn’t trust you to carry out the swill.
[Tempers flare in the German-speaking household as Gently prepares to reveal the solution}

Shelton is silent. He is overwhelmed. He has never before met this level of intelligence. He feels like a child with a hideous algebraic problem, whose despair is resolved by the huge wisdom of an adult. He had no key, it was impossible; the key is provided, all is plain. Gently has smashed the impasse, shown how the terms fall into place. All, that Shelton had stared at so hard, is suddenly coherent and related.

Ach, Gott, Sie sind verrückt!
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Und was tat er dort, you would like to know?
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Es macht nichts – is my way!
[Gently interviews a German speaking suspect/witness]

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