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Excerpt from Sigfred-Arminivs: And Other Papers
Then he asked me if I would take a glass of wine. I am thirsty, ' said I, and would like to have some water with it.' Upon which he rang the bell, and the servant came in. And after a while a young lady (jacob's niece, -i should think) with a tray, and on it claret and water. I asked jacob Grimm to help me, and as he poured out the water and the wine into a tumbler, I noticed his hand shook a little but, as in Iceland, it is always the hostess that helps one, and I knew that he was a bachelor living with his brother, I fancied that it was because he was not used to do such a thing, and therefore did it awkward! For I could, young as I was, see that there was something childlike in his nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
