Identifier: cu31924013554039 (find matches)
Title: On the choice of a profession
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
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Publisher: (New York
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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hor-gunna; and at that she kissed her again,and Thorgunna seemed a little pleased.And now Aud pled poverty and beggedfor the cloak in a gift; and now shevaunted the wealth of her goodman andoffered ounces and ounces of fine silver,the price of three mens lives. Thorgimnasrtiiled, but it was a grim smile, and stillshe shook her head. At last Aud wroughtherself into extremity and wept. I would give my soul for it, she cried. Fool! said Thorgunna. But therehave been fools before you! And a littleafter, she said this: Let us be done withbeseeching. The things are mine. I wasa fool to show you them; but where istheir use, unless we show them? Minethey are and mine they shall be till I die.I have paid for them dear enough, saidshe. Aud saw it was of no avail; so she driedher tears, and asked Thorgunna about hervoyage, and made believe to listen whileshe plotted in her little mind. Thor-gunna, she asked presently, do youcount kin with any folk in Iceland? I count kin with none, replied Thor-
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ntedbyN C II j IHE FIRST WALKING OF THORGUNNA.Great fear fell upon them; the marrow of their back grew cold.—Page 694. 689 The Waif Woman 691 gunna. My kin is of the greatest, but Ihave not been always lucky, so I say theless. So that you have no house to pass thetime in till the ship return ? cries Aud.Dear Thorgunna, you must come andlive with us. My goodman is rich, hishand and his house are open, and I willcherish you like a daughter. At that Thorgunna smiled on the oneside; but her soul laughed within her atthe womans shallowness. I will pay herfor that word daughter, she thought, andshe smiled again. I will live with you gladly, says she,for your house has a good name, and Ihave seen the smoke of your kitchen fromthe ship. But one thing you shall under-stand. I make no presents, I give nothingwhere I go—not a rag and not an ounce.Where I stay, I work for my upkeep; andas I am strong as a man and hardy as anox, they that have had the keeping of mewere the better pleased. It w

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