What was the effect on Mr Gessler of the author’s remark about a certain pair of boots?
When author remarked about a certain pair of boots as being creaky, Mr Gessler looked at him as if surprised and waited for some time to let the author withdraw or qualify his statement. Then he asked the author to get the pair back to let him check and said if he could not repair them then he would take them off his bill.
When the author remarked that a certain pair of boots he had got earlier creaked, Mr Gessler looked at him for a time without replying, as if expecting him to withdraw or qualify the statement. Then, he said that the shoes should not have creaked. He then asked the author to send the boots back, and if he could do nothing of them, he would take them off his bill.