We will make the time , and we fail not to find the sense . At efening I shall gif a little lesson with much gladness , for look you , Mees Marsch , I haf this debt to pay . '' And he pointed to my work ` Yes , ' they say to one another , these so kind ladies , ` he is a stupid old fellow , he will see not what we do , he will never observe that his sock heels go not in holes any more , he will think his buttons grow out new when they fall , and believe that strings make theirselves . ' `` Ah ! But I haf an eye , and I see much . I haf a heart , and I feel thanks for this . Come , a little lesson then and now , or -- no more good fairy works for me and mine . '' Of course I could n't say anything after that , and as it really is a splendid opportunity , I made the bargain , and we began . I took four lessons , and then I stuck fast in a grammatical bog . The Professor was very patient with me , but it must have been torment to him , and now and then he 'd look at me with such an expression of mild despair that it was a toss-up with me whether to laugh or cry . I tried both ways , and when it came to a sniff or utter mortification and woe , he just threw the grammar on to the floor and marched out of the room . I felt myself disgraced and deserted forever , but did n't blame him a particle , and was scrambling my papers together , meaning to rush upstairs and shake myself hard , when in he came , as brisk and beaming as if I 'd covered myself in glory . `` Now we shall try a new way . You and I will read these pleasant little marchen together , and dig no more in that dry book , that goes in the corner for making us trouble . '' He spoke so kindly , and opened Hans Anderson 's fairy tales so invitingly before me , that I was more ashamed than ever , and went at my lesson in a neck-or-nothing style that seemed to amuse him immensely . I forgot my bashfulness , and pegged away -LRB- no other word will express it -RRB- with all my might , tumbling over long words , pronouncing according to inspiration of the minute , and doing my very best . When I finished reading my first page , and stopped for breath , he clapped his hands and cried out in his hearty way , `` Das ist gut ! Now we go well ! My turn . I do him in German , gif me your ear . ''
And away he XXXXX , rumbling out the words with his strong voice and a relish which was good to see as well as hear .
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