Befehlen sie Spanisch-Bitter

Broadley: 'we see Napoleon declining with a gesture of dismay a glass of Spanish bitters and a Russian ice tendered for his acceptance by a Spanish officer and a Cossack.' Broadley: 'we see Napoleon declining with a gesture of dismay a glass of Spanish bitters and a Russian ice tendered for his acceptance by a Spanish officer and a Cossack.' Date: Spanier: Befehlen Sie spanisch-Bitter? Kosack: Befehlen Sie russisches Eis? Antwort: Das letzte ist mir zu Kalt, das erste macht zu heiss [Spaniard: Did you order Spanish bitters? Cossack: Did you desire Russian ice? Answer (Napoleon): No, no! The one is too cold, and the other makes me too hot."