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I replied, in the same tongue: "A little, a very little  _very_." He seemed not only disappointed, but indignant. He explained the matter to the crowd, and they all seemed indignant. _Why_ everybody should be indignant with me I could not comprehend. I REPLIED IN THE SAME TONGUE A LITTLE A VERY LITTLE VERY HE SEEMED NOT ONLY DISAPPOINTED BUT INDIGNANT HE EXPLAINED THE MATTER TO THE CROWD AND THEY ALL SEEMED INDIGNANT WHY EVERYBODY SHOULD BE INDIGNANT WITH ME I COULD NOT COMPREHEND
entirely new accent. I gave them every chance I could. They chatted excitedly among themselves, and, then a bright idea seemed to strike one of them, a little more intelligent-looking than the rest, and he rushed outside and began running up and down, calling out something very loudly, in which the word "Norwegian" kept on occurring. He returned in a few seconds, evidently exceedingly pleased with himself, accompanied by a kindly-looking old gentleman in a white hat. Way was made in the crowd, and the old gentleman pressed forward. When he got near, he smiled at me, and then proceeded to address to me a lengthy, but no doubt kindly meant, speech in Scandinavian. Of course, it was all utterly unintelligible to me from beginning to end, and my face clearly showed this. I can grasp a word or two of Scandinavian here and there, if pronounced slowly and distinctly; but that is all. The old gentleman regarded me with great surprise. He said (in Scandinavian, of course): "You speak Norwegian?  HEARD IT AND I REPEATED IT IN AN ENTIRELY NEW ACCENT I GAVE THEM EVERY CHANCE I COULD THEY CHATTED EXCITEDLY AMONG THEMSELVES AND THEN A BRIGHT IDEA SEEMED TO STRIKE ONE OF THEM A LITTLE MORE INTELLIGENT LOOKING THAN THE REST AND HE RUSHED OUTSIDE AND BEGAN RUNNING UP AND DOWN CALLING OUT SOMETHING VERY LOUDLY IN WHICH THE WORD NORWEGIAN KEPT ON OCCURRING HE RETURNED IN A FEW SECONDS EVIDENTLY EXCEEDINGLY PLEASED WITH HIMSELF ACCOMPANIED BY A KINDLY LOOKING OLD GENTLEMAN IN A WHITE HAT WAY WAS MADE IN THE CROWD AND THE OLD GENTLEMAN PRESSED FORWARD WHEN HE GOT NEAR HE SMILED AT ME AND THEN PROCEEDED TO ADDRESS TO ME A LENGTHY BUT NO DOUBT KINDLY MEANT SPEECH IN SCANDINAVIAN OF COURSE IT WAS ALL UTTERLY UNINTELLIGIBLE TO ME FROM BEGINNING TO END AND MY FACE CLEARLY SHOWED THIS I CAN GRASP A WORD OR TWO OF SCANDINAVIAN HERE AND THERE IF PRONOUNCED SLOWLY AND DISTINCTLY BUT THAT IS ALL THE OLD GENTLEMAN REGARDED ME WITH GREAT SURPRISE HE SAID IN SCANDINAVIAN OF COURSE YOU SPEAK NORWEGIAN
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