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"Well, I _am_ glad to see you again!" I cried. "Well, this _is_ pleasant! I thought I had lost you!" "Why, you are English!" cried out the old gentleman in the white hat, in very good Saxon, on hearing me speak to B. "Well, I know that," I replied, "and I'm proud of it. Have you any objection to my being English?" "Not in the least," he answered, "if you'd only talk English instead of Norwegian. I'm English myself;" and he walked away, evidently much puzzled. WELL I AM GLAD TO SEE YOU AGAIN I CRIED WELL THIS IS PLEASANT I THOUGHT I HAD LOST YOU WHY YOU ARE ENGLISH CRIED OUT THE OLD GENTLEMAN IN THE WHITE HAT IN VERY GOOD SAXON ON HEARING ME SPEAK TO B WELL I KNOW THAT I REPLIED AND I'M PROUD OF IT HAVE YOU ANY OBJECTION TO MY BEING ENGLISH NOT IN THE LEAST HE ANSWERED IF YOU DON'T TALK ENGLISH INSTEAD OF NORWEGIAN I'M ENGLISH MYSELF AND HE WALKED AWAY EVIDENTLY MUCH PUZZLED
 "You speak Norwegian?" 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. There are plenty of people who do not understand Scandinavian. It was absurd to be vexed with me because _I_ did not. I do know a little, and that is more than some people do. I inquired of the old gentleman about B. He did understand me. I must give him credit for that. But beyond understanding me, he was of no more use than the others; and why they had taken so much trouble to fetch him, I could not imagine. What would have happened if the difficulty had continued much longer (for I was getting thoroughly wild with the lot of them) I cannot say. Fortunately, at this moment I caught sight of B. himself, who had just entered the room. I could not have greeted him more heartily if I had wanted to borrow money of him. RPRISE HE SAID IN SCANDINAVIAN OF COURSE YOU SPEAK NORWEGIAN 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 THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND SCANDINAVIAN IT WAS ABSURD TO BE VEXED WITH ME BECAUSE I DID NOT I DO KNOW A LITTLE AND THAT IS MORE THAN SOME PEOPLE DO I INQUIRED OF THE OLD GENTLEMAN ABOUT B HE DID UNDERSTAND ME I MUST GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR THAT BUT BEYOND UNDERSTANDING ME HE WAS OF NO MORE USE THAN THE OTHERS AND WHY THEY HAD TAKEN SO MUCH TROUBLE TO FETCH HIM I COULD NOT IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE DIFFICULTY HAD CONTINUED MUCH LONGER FOR I WAS GETTING THOROUGHLY WILD WITH THE LOT OF THEM I CANNOT SAY FORTUNATELY AT THIS MOMENT I CAUGHT SIGHT OF B HIMSELF WHO HAD JUST ENTERED THE ROOM I COULD NOT HAVE GREETED HIM MORE HEARTILY IF I HAD WANTED TO BORROW MONEY OF HIM
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