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Serious Preparations for Vertical Descent

           ThenwethankedM.Thomsenforhiskindness,"andwereturnedtothePhoenixHotel.

           "It’sallright,it’sallright,"myunclerepeated."Howfortunatewearetohavefoundthisboatreadyforsailing.Nowletushavesomebreakfastandgoaboutthetown."

           WewentfirsttoKongens-nye-Torw,anirregularsquareinwhicharetwoinnocent-lookingguns,whichneednotalarmanyone.Closeby,atNo.5,therewasaFrench"restaurant,"keptbyacookofthenameofVincent,wherewehadanamplebreakfastforfourmarkseach(2_s.4_d.).

           ThenItookachildishpleasureinexploringthecity;myuncleletmetakehimwithme,buthetooknoticeofnothing,neithertheinsignificantking’spalace,northeprettyseventeenthcenturybridge,whichspansthecanalbeforethemuseum,northatimmensecenotaphofThorwaldsen’s,adornedwithhorriblemuralpainting,andcontainingwithinitacollectionofthesculptor’sworks,norinafineparkthetoylikechateauofRosenberg,northebeautifulrenaissanceedificeoftheExchange,noritsspirecomposedofthetwistedtailsoffourbronzedragons,northegreatwindmillontheramparts,whosehugearmsdilatedintheseabreezelikethesailsofaship.

           Whatdeliciouswalksweshouldhavehadtogether,myprettyVirlandaiseandI,alongtheharbourwherethetwo-deckersandthefrigatesleptpeaceablybytheredroofingofthewarehouse,bythegreenbanksofthestrait,throughthedeepshadesofthetreesamongstwhichthefortishalfconcealed,wherethegunsarethrustingouttheirblackthroatsbetweenbranchesofalderandwillow.

           But,alas!Gräubenwasfaraway;andIneverhopedtoseeheragain.

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