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CHAPTER XVII
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I thought, truly, that if you came here you would pay us a visit.

Ide shall leave the baits and put on the kettle, that you may have a cup of coffee.

Formerly you did not use to despise our entertainment.

You have not grown proud with your journey, have you?
The coffee-vetch [Author's Note: Astragalus baeticus is used as a substitute for coffee, and is principally grown upon the sand-hills west of Holmsland.

It is first freed from the husk, and then dried and roasted a little.] is good; it is from Holmsland, and tastes better than the merchant's beans." The dogs still growled at Otto.


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