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The Professor and His Family

           itlookedupononeofthosewindingcanalswhichintersecteachotherinthemiddleoftheancientquarterofHamburg,andwhichthegreatfireof1842hadfortunatelyspared. 

           Itistruethattheoldhousestoodslightlyofftheperpendicular,andbulgedoutalittletowardsthestreet; itsroofslopedalittletooneside,likethecapovertheleftearofaTugendbundstudent; itslineswantedaccuracy; butafterall,itstoodfirm,thankstoanoldelmwhichbuttresseditinfront,andwhichofteninspringsentitsyoungspraysthroughthewindowpanes. 

           MyunclewastolerablywelloffforaGermanprofessor. Thehousewashisown,andeverythinginit. Thelivingcontentswerehisgod-daughterGräuben,ayoungVirlandaiseofseventeen,Martha,andmyself. Ashisnephewandanorphan,Ibecamehislaboratoryassistant. 

           IfreelyconfessthatIwasexceedinglyfondofgeologyandallitskindredsciences; thebloodofamineralogistwasinmyveins,andinthemidstofmyspecimensIwasalwayshappy. 

           Inaword,amanmightlivehappilyenoughinthelittleoldhouseintheKönigstrasse,inspiteoftherestlessimpatienceofitsmaster,foralthoughhewasalittletooexcitablehewasveryfondofme. Butthemanhadnonotionhowtowait;natureherselfwastooslowforhim. InApril,afterahadplantedintheterra-cottapotsoutsidehiswindowseedlingplantsofmignonetteandconvolvulus,hewouldgoandgivethemalittlepullbytheirleavestomakethemgrowfaster. Indealingwithsuchastrangeindividualtherewasnothingforitbutpromptobedience. Ithereforerushedafterhim. 

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