Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner
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"No sir. I am only beginning."
"I ask, because I saw some Greek books on de table de ozer night and I wondered -- excuse me -- who was reading them. You do not know nothing of German?" "No sir." "Ah, you must learn de German -- dat is _my_ language." "I don't know my own language yet," said Winthrop. "Vat is dat?" "English." "English! -- But how do you do, here amongst de hills -- is there somebody to learn you?" "No sir." "And you go by yourself? -- Vell, I believe you will climb anything," said Mr. Herder, with a little smile; "only it is goot to know what place to begin, -- as I have found." "I must begin where I can, sir." "But you should get to de Université; from dere it is more easy." |
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