Tales Of A Traveller, By Washington Irving

















































































































 -  The landlord stared at him with astonishment; the landlord's
daughter hung her head and giggled whenever he came near; and - Page 38
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The Landlord Stared At Him With Astonishment; The Landlord's Daughter Hung Her Head And Giggled Whenever He Came Near; And

As he turned his back and swaggered along, his tight jacket setting off his broad shoulders and plump buckskins, and

His long sword trailing by his side, the maids whispered to one another - "What a proper man!"

At supper my grandfather took command of the table d'hote as though he had been at home; helped everybody, not forgetting himself; talked with every one, whether he understood their language or not; and made his way into the intimacy of the rich burgher of Antwerp, who had never been known to be sociable with any one during his life. In fact, he revolutionized the whole establishment, and gave it such a rouse, that the very house reeled with it. He outsat every one at table excepting the little fat distiller of Schiedam, who had sat soaking for a long time before he broke forth; but when he did, he was a very devil incarnate. He took a violent affection for my grandfather; so they sat drinking, and smoking, and telling stories, and singing Dutch and Irish songs, without understanding a word each other said, until the little Hollander was fairly swampt with his own gin and water, and carried off to bed, whooping and hiccuping, and trolling the burthen of a Low Dutch love song.

Well, gentlemen, my grandfather was shown to his quarters, up a huge Staircase composed of loads of hewn timber; and through long rigmarole passages, hung with blackened paintings of fruit, and fish, and game, and country frollics, and huge kitchens, and portly burgomasters, such as you see about old-fashioned Flemish inns, till at length he arrived at his room.

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