voldam

Updated: May 21, 2025

Here, of a summer afternoon, he smoked his pipe, drank his tea, coffee, or beer, while his wife plied her needle, and the children played at the door. "What is that inscription on the house?" asked Paul, as they approached the building. "Mijn genegenheid is voldam," replied Mr. Fluxion. "Exactly so! I understand that, and those are my sentiments," laughed Paul; "but what does it all mean?"

Oliver Optic - Dikes and Ditches: Young America in Holland and Belguim