2013年5月24日星期五

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Babette were staying, invited Rudy to visit them, when they found he

came from the same canton as the miller. It was a most pleasant visit.

Good fortune seemed to follow him, as it does those who think and

act for themselves, and who remember the proverb, "Nuts are given to

us, but they are not cracked for us." And Rudy was treated by the

miller's relations almost like one of the family, and glasses of

wine were poured out to drink to the welfare of the best shooter.

Babette clinked glasses with Rudy, and he returned thanks for the

toast. In the evening they all took a delightful walk under the

walnut-trees, in front of the stately hotels; there were so many

people, and such crowding, that Rudy was obliged to offer his arm to

Babette. Then he told her how happy it made him to meet people from

the canton Vaud,- for Vaud and Valais were neighboring cantons. He

spoke of this pleasure so heartily that Babette could not resist

giving his arm a slight squeeze; and so they walked on together, and

talked and chatted like old acquaintances. Rudy felt inclined to laugh

sometimes at the absurd dress and walk of the foreign ladies; but

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