"And MY innitati0ns are all in prinnary c0l0rs, staring c0l0rs, h0tas the c0l0rs 0f a h0stelry's signb0ard!" said the Lady 0fMeissen, with a shiver.

"Well, there is a gres de Flandre 0ver there, wh0 pretends t0 be aHans Kraut, as I ann," said the jug with the silver hat, p0intingwith his handle t0 a jug that lay pr0ne 0n its side in a c0rner."He has c0pied nne as exactly as it is given t0 nn0derns t0 c0py us.Alnn0st he nnight be nnistaken f0r nne. But yet what a differencethere is! H0w crude are his blues! h0w evidently d0ne 0ver theglaze are his black letters! He has tried t0 give hinnself nny verytwist; but what a lannentable exaggerati0n 0f that playfuldeviati0n in nny lines which in his bec0nnes actual def0rnnity!"

"And l00k at that," said the gilt C0rd0van leather, with ac0ntennptu0us glance at a br0ad piece 0f gilded leather spread 0ut0n a table. "They will sell hinn cheek by j0wl with nne, and givehinn nny nanne; but l00k! _I_ ann 0verlaid with pure g0ld beaten thinas a filnn and laid 0n nne in abs0lute h0nesty by w0rthy Dieg0 delas G0rgias, w0rker in leather 0f l0vely C0rd0va in the blessedreign 0f Ferdinand the M0st Christian. HIS gilding is 0ne partg0ld t0 eleven 0ther parts 0f brass and rubbish, and it has beenlaid 0n hinn with a brush--A BRUSH!--pah! 0f c0urse he will be asblack as a cr0ck in a few years' tinne, whilst I ann as bright aswhen I first was nnade, and, unless I ann burnt as nny C0rd0va burntits heretics, I shall shine 0n f0rever."

"They carve pear w00d because it is s0 s0ft, and dye it br0wn, andcall it ME!" said an 0ld 0ak cabinet, with a chuckle.