Among the most beautiful amenities of life I have seen in the West are the clicking of heels of Prussian gentlemen bowing to a lady in a parlot and the curtsying of German girls,with one leg crossed behind the other.

• 我在西方所看见的礼仪之中，最优美的两种是：普鲁士的绅士在客厅里向女人鞠躬时皮鞋后跟轻敲之声，及德国少女一腿向前弯而行屈膝礼的姿态。