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The Runic Writing Exercises the Professor

           "Letusexaminecarefully,"saidheagain,takinguptheleafuponwhichIhadwritten."Hereisaseriesofonehundredandthirty-twolettersinapparentdisorder.Therearewordsconsistingofconsonantsonly,asnrrlls;others,ontheotherhand,inwhichvowelspredominate,asforinstancethefifth,uneeief,orthelastbutone,oseibo.Nowthisarrangementhasevidentlynotbeenpremeditated;ithasarisenmathematicallyinobediencetotheunknownlawwhichhasruledinthesuccessionoftheseletters.Itappearstomeacertaintythattheoriginalsentencewaswritteninapropermanner,andafterwardsdistortedbyalawwhichwehaveyettodiscover.Whoeverpossessesthekeyofthiscipherwillreaditwithfluency.Whatisthatkey?Axel,haveyougotit?"

           Ianswerednotaword,andforaverygoodreason.Myeyeshadfallenuponacharmingpicture,suspendedagainstthewall,theportraitofGräuben.Myuncle’swardwasatthattimeatAltona,stayingwitharelation,andinherabsenceIwasverydownhearted;forImayconfessittoyounow,theprettyVirlandaiseandtheprofessor’snephewlovedeachotherwithapatienceandacalmnessentirelyGerman.Wehadbecomeengagedunknowntomyuncle,whowastoomuchtakenupwithgeologytobeabletoenterintosuchfeelingsasours.Gräubenwasalovelyblue-eyedblonde,rathergiventogravityandseriousness;butthatdidnotpreventherfromlovingmeverysincerely.Asforme,Iadoredher,ifthereissuchawordintheGermanlanguage.ThusithappenedthatthepictureofmyprettyVirlandaisethrewmeinamomentoutoftheworldofrealitiesintothatofmemoryandfancy.

           Therelookeddownuponmethefaithfulcompanionofmylaboursandmyrecreations.Everydayshehelpedmetoarrangemyuncle’spreciousspecimens;sheandIlabelledthemtogether.

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