He spread out his purchases before him: carved caskets, spillikins and paper-knives of all kinds, of which he had bought quantities at all the different watering-places, and he gave them away to everybody, including Lischen, the maid, and the landlord, with whom he joked in his funny broken German, assuring him that not the waters had cured Kitty but his excellent food, especially his plum soup.
A su alrededor se veían las compras que había hecho: cajitas de madera labrada, juguetitos, plegaderas de todas clases. Había comprado un montón de aquellas cosas y las regalaba a todos, incluso a Lisgen, la criada, y al casero, con el que bromeaba en su cómico alemán chapurreado, asegurando que no eran las aguas las que habían curado a Kitty, sino la buena cocina del dueño de la casa y sobre todo su compota de ciruelas secas.