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He returned in a few seconds, evidently exceedingly pleased with himself, accompanied by a kindly looking old gentleman in a white hat. HE RETURNED IN A FEW SECONDS EVIDENTLY EXCEEDINGLY PLEASED WITH HIMSELF ACCOMPANIED BY A KINDLY LOOKING OLD GENTLEMAN IN A WHITE HAT
 to put it that way because Scandinavian grammar is not a strong point with me, and my knowledge of the verbs is as yet limited to the present tense of the infinitive mood. Besides, this was no time to worry about grace of style.) A crowd gathered round us, attracted by the man's terrified expression. I appealed to them generally. I said: "My friend B.--head, red--boots, yellow, brown, gold--coat, little squares--nose, much, large! Is he where? Him to see--anybody--where?" Not a soul moved a hand to help me. There they stood and gaped! I repeated it all over again louder, in case anybody on the outskirts of the mob had not 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.  WHERE HAVE YOU HIM TO SEE WHERE HERE I HAD TO PUT IT THAT WAY BECAUSE SCANDINAVIAN GRAMMAR IS NOT A STRONG POINT WITH ME AND MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE VERBS IS AS YET LIMITED TO THE PRESENT TENSE OF THE INFINITIVE MOOD BESIDES THIS WAS NO TIME TO WORRY ABOUT GRACE OF STYLE A CROWD GATHERED ROUND US ATTRACTED BY THE MAN'S TERRIFIED EXPRESSION I APPEALED TO THEM GENERALLY I SAID MY FRIEND B HEAD RED BOOTS YELLOW BROWN GOLD COAT LITTLE SQUARES NOSE MUCH LARGE IS HE WHERE HIM TO SEE ANYBODY WHERE NOT A SOUL MOVED A HAND TO HELP ME THERE THEY STOOD AND GAPED I REPEATED IT ALL OVER AGAIN LOUDER IN CASE ANYBODY ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE MOB HAD NOT 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
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