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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877. Excerpt: ... THE SETTLER. I. The wooden building outside the warm springs, some quarter of a mile east of Rejkiavik, the common wash-house of the town, was this evening too small to contain all the girls; there was not even place for the half of them, and they therefore speedilyagreed to remain in the open air; it was indeed magnificent summer weather, and no one could grumble, since it was the choice of all. This matter settled, they set to work in earnest. The bank of the stream was edged by a long stretch of busy girls; there was wringing and rinsing and spreading out of linen all round the grass-field, and, truth to say, their merriment did not slacken under their industry; their laughter echoed to the arched heavens, the hours flew with it, and it was midnight. Then one of them thought that a cup of coffee would not be amiss; it happened that the same idea had struck her right-hand neighbour. This congeniality of sentiment luckily met with no dissentient voice among the whole flock of girls, and one, two, three, all hands stopped work, kettles were sunk into the spring, that trusted to nobody's help but its own to keep its water boiling; cups and saucers, and all other requisites needed, came forth, and the girls sat themselves in a circle on the grass, so as to enjoy the feast to the utmost, which they seasoned with all kinds of fun and banter and petty railleries at each other, but all in a spirit of innocent good-nature, taking care to wing no poisoned shaft around. It was a soft, bright summer night, so still and calm that only now and then a lazy windpuff troubled itself to blow aside the smokewreaths that rose from the spring--thickest near its source, and gradually decreasing as it descended towards its mouth in the lake--and which seemed to have the inten...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780217732253
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 38
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217732259
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 86 gr


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