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VIII
PASTIMES
\ MONG the crowd of skaters who that winter
fre-quented the Nybroviken and the royal
skating-ground at Skeppsholm, a little lady, clad in a
tight-fitting, fur-trimmed costume, her hands tucked into a
muff, might be daily seen trying, with small, uncertain
steps, to move along on her skates. She was
accompanied by a tall gentleman wearing spectacles, and a
tall, slight lady, and none of them seemed very steady
on their feet.
While practising they kept up a lively conversation,
and sometimes the gentleman would draw a geometrical
figure ön the ice; not, indeed, with his skates,—not
being dexterous enough for that,—but with his stick.
The little lady would then instantly pause and study
the figure intently. The two had come together from
the University to the skating-ground, and were
generally engaged in hot discussion arising from a lecture
which one or the other had just given, a discussion
which was usually continued after reaching the ground.
Sometimes the little lady would cry mercy, and beg
to be excused from talking mathematics while skating,
as it made her lose her balance. At another time she
and the tall lady would engage in talk on psychological
topics, or communicate to each other some plot for a
novel or drama. They also argued and sparred about
their respective proficiency in the art of skating. In
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