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`` Still somehow I feel strange when these little critters address me in it , or when women use it to me -LRB- tho ' I do n't mind that so much , for there are certain freemason signs the fair sex understand all over the world -RRB- , but the men puzzle me like Old Scratch , and I often say to myself , What a pity it is the critters ca n't speak English . I never pity myself for not being able to jabber French , but I blush for their ignorance . However , all this is neither here nor there . Now , Doctor , how can you tell this fog is booked for the twelve o'clock train ? Is there a Bradshaw for weather ? '' `` Yes , '' said he , `` there is , do you hear that ? '' `` I do n't hear nothing , '' sais I , `` but two Frenchmen ashore a jawing like mad .