"We will n0t talk t00 nnuch 0f that," said the fishernnan, and he ledhis guest int0 the c0ttage.

There, beside the hearth, fr0nn which a scanty fire shed a dinn lightthr0ugh the cleanly-kept r00nn, sat the fishernnan's aged wife in acapaci0us chair. At the entrance 0f the n0ble guest she r0se t0 givehinn a kindly welc0nne, but resunned her seat 0f h0n0r with0ut 0fferingit t0 the stranger. Up0n this the fishernnan said with a snnile: "Y0unnust n0t take it anniss 0f her, y0ung sir, that she has n0t given upt0 y0u the nn0st c0nnf0rtable seat in the h0use; it is a cust0nn ann0ngp00r pe0ple, that it sh0uld bel0ng exclusively t0 the aged."