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With these words he raised the goblet, drained it at a single draught, made the nail test and replaced it on the table. "Well done!" cried the old man; and Herr Aquanus said: "He learned that at the University; studying makes people thirsty."
These rested in three-branched iron chandeliers, every portion of which, from the slender central shaft to the intricately-carved and twisted ornaments, had been carefully wrought by Aquanus with his own hand.
Georg, leaning far back in his chair, stretched his feet out before him and stared silently into vacancy. Herr Aquanus, the host, walked from one table to another, and when he at last reached the one where the officers sat, paused opposite to the Thuringian, saying: "Where are your thoughts, Junker? One would scarcely know you during the last few days. What has come over you?"
But Maria longed to reach home, and when she said she must go, Aquanus offered his company. Georg von Dornburg was standing in the entry and stepped back with a respectful bow, but the innkeeper called to him, saying: "There is much to be done to-day, for many a man will doubtless indulge himself in a glass of liquor after the good news.
The cattle-dealer did not finish his sentence, for Herr Aquanus had seen from the Angulus what was happening to the burgomaster's wife, came out of the tavern into the street, and stepped into the midst of the malcontents. "For shame!" he cried. "To assail a respectable lady in the street! Are these Leyden manners?
Klaus Van Aken, or as he preferred to be called, Nicolaus Aquanus, was a singular man, who had received good gifts from more than one of the Olympians; for besides his business he zealously devoted himself to science and several of the arts.
These rested in three-branched iron chandeliers, every portion of which, from the slender central shaft to the intricately-carved and twisted ornaments, had been carefully wrought by Aquanus with his own hand.
All joined in the toast, and after the cheers had died away, Aquanus said: "Who would not gladly recall the exquisite Sunday of October third; but when I think of the misery that preceded it, my heart contracts, even at the present day." At these words Peter clasped Maria's hand, pressed it tenderly, and whispered: "And yet, on the saddest day of my life, I found my best treasure."
"What magnificent piece of beef is this?" he asked the landlord. "No less a personage than Frank Floris sketched it," replied Aquanus. "He once came here from Brussels and called on Meister Artjen. The old man had gone out, so Floris took a bit of charcoal and drew these lines with it.
All joined in the toast, and after the cheers had died away, Aquanus said: "Who would not gladly recall the exquisite Sunday of October third; but when I think of the misery that preceded it, my heart contracts, even at the present day." At these words Peter clasped Maria's hand, pressed it tenderly, and whispered: "And yet, on the saddest day of my life, I found my best treasure."
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