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314 SKETCHES.
and bustle, of room No 11, where, on the untuned strings
of a harp, they struck distracting discords, at which one of
the daughters in the adjacent room, who had a wonderfully
acute musical ear, grumbled a good deal, which did not
prevent the friend of disharmony from jingling and twang-
ing until midnight.
In No. J] a dear papa gave his two daughters a spir-
itual gymnastic exercise: “Have you brought up the
portfolio ?” — “ Yes, dear papa.” —“I hope you have not
forgotten the travelling-map in the carriage? ”— “ No, dear
papa.”——* Where is my pipe? ”——“ Here, dear papa.” —“ Do
not stand there, Wendla, and look foolish ; sew fast my star
to my coat; do you hear?”— “ Yes, dear papa.”— “ Fanny,
have you ordered tea ?”—*“ Yes, dear papa.”—-“ And coffee
for Wendla, and ale-posset for me? ” — “ Yes, dear papa.”
“And bread and butter and beef? you think of nothing;
I must manage every thing. See now that you sleep soundly
and well to-night, so that we may be ready for travelling
a little early to-morrow niorning.”
In No. 3 a young gentleman was writing his “ travelling
impressions,” beginning with these words: “I am now writ-
ing” . . . (for posterity he thought, — so I suppose).
In No. 5 two young fellows were playing at cards, and
drinking punch; they found it good, and they thought with
Kaja in “ Noah’s Ark,” —}
“ J think our world is the best of worlds,
For far far worse in Hamburg it is.”
In No. 15 a married couple sat conversing in the beau-
tiful moonlight. Of the subject of their conversation we
can judge best by the words which were most frequently
heard in the course thereof: “ Expenses, income, living,
hard times, electoral sheep, pigs, corn-brandy, barm, steward,
eggs, butter, milk, pork, cow-houses, and barns.” My young
readers, I could go on until to-morrow, reciting all the
1 A satirical poem by Bishop Fahlerantz.
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