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Article THE DWARFS' TAILOR, BY APPOINTMENT. ← Page 3 of 14 →
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The Dwarfs' Tailor, By Appointment.
upon Philip as his wife . But his nephew ' s careless and gossiping propensities put to flight all these projects , and the more watchfulness Caspar exercised , the wilder and more careless Philip became , and , in spite of all Rose ' s prayers , grew every day worse . He no longer gave up a
piece of work in which a fault was not to be found ; and , in addition to those caused by his carelessness , he continually perpetrated others expressly , which was even more irritating . Thus , upon one occasion he sewed some lappets of various colours upon the honoured cloak of a privy councillorwhichbeing at first concealed bthe onl
, , y cape , y attracted attention when this was raised by the wind , thereby exposing the worthy magistrate to the mockery of the civic juveniles . The fulfilment of the well-known proverb " that the pitcher goes so often to the well , that at last it comes home broken , " was literal in Philip's case , for , at the conclusion of a most eventful weekmarked
bun-, y usual eccentricities on his part , uncle Caspar took a large piece of chalk , and drew a very significant stroke through his nephew ' s name , which figured on the wall . He then informed him that it was his wish that he should quit his house early the next morning ; and , fearing that his determination should be shaken bPhili ' s intreaties or Rose's
y p tears , he added , with an emphatic oath , that he would never again receive him into his family or workshop until he had amended , and , as a sign thereof , could produce at least six well-earned golden florins , which , for those days , was a tolerable sum .
The people in the workshop actually became pale at this solemn protest , and Philip , who now saw that he must inevitably depart , displayed most firmness , for he immediately packed his property together , bound shears and iron on the top , and appeared the same afternoon before Caspar and Rose , for the purpose of taking leave . He now felt how
much he would have given to depart silently and without another interview with his cousin ; for , as he said farewell and looked into her beautiful sorrowful blue eyes , his heart beat audibly when he thought that it was for the last time that she placed her hand in his . Pressing into his hand the little pursewhich contained the last token of her
affec-, tionate consideration for her cousin , tears unrestrainedly flowed down her cheeks ; and Philip , for the first time , felt the reality of all his folly and thoughtlessness , and rushed hastily from the house , in order to conceal his sorrow . VOL . jr . 3 i
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Dwarfs' Tailor, By Appointment.
upon Philip as his wife . But his nephew ' s careless and gossiping propensities put to flight all these projects , and the more watchfulness Caspar exercised , the wilder and more careless Philip became , and , in spite of all Rose ' s prayers , grew every day worse . He no longer gave up a
piece of work in which a fault was not to be found ; and , in addition to those caused by his carelessness , he continually perpetrated others expressly , which was even more irritating . Thus , upon one occasion he sewed some lappets of various colours upon the honoured cloak of a privy councillorwhichbeing at first concealed bthe onl
, , y cape , y attracted attention when this was raised by the wind , thereby exposing the worthy magistrate to the mockery of the civic juveniles . The fulfilment of the well-known proverb " that the pitcher goes so often to the well , that at last it comes home broken , " was literal in Philip's case , for , at the conclusion of a most eventful weekmarked
bun-, y usual eccentricities on his part , uncle Caspar took a large piece of chalk , and drew a very significant stroke through his nephew ' s name , which figured on the wall . He then informed him that it was his wish that he should quit his house early the next morning ; and , fearing that his determination should be shaken bPhili ' s intreaties or Rose's
y p tears , he added , with an emphatic oath , that he would never again receive him into his family or workshop until he had amended , and , as a sign thereof , could produce at least six well-earned golden florins , which , for those days , was a tolerable sum .
The people in the workshop actually became pale at this solemn protest , and Philip , who now saw that he must inevitably depart , displayed most firmness , for he immediately packed his property together , bound shears and iron on the top , and appeared the same afternoon before Caspar and Rose , for the purpose of taking leave . He now felt how
much he would have given to depart silently and without another interview with his cousin ; for , as he said farewell and looked into her beautiful sorrowful blue eyes , his heart beat audibly when he thought that it was for the last time that she placed her hand in his . Pressing into his hand the little pursewhich contained the last token of her
affec-, tionate consideration for her cousin , tears unrestrainedly flowed down her cheeks ; and Philip , for the first time , felt the reality of all his folly and thoughtlessness , and rushed hastily from the house , in order to conceal his sorrow . VOL . jr . 3 i