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GRETEL IBD

IUNIVERSE
08 / 2014
9781491740798
Inglés

Sinopsis

The meal they ate in the inn was boiled cabbage, sliced cooked meats, and bread with a cup of red wine. There was horseradish to flavor the beef and butter to spread on the brot. They sat beside the big heating and cooking fireplace. A kettle hung from a hinged iron hook that pivoted over the fire. The fireplace was so large that they were almost sitting inside it. The warmth felt inviting and good. A tall canister of pig&rsquo,s knuckles simmered by the burning logs and an enormous pot of soup slow cooked on another hinge that could swing out to ladle a bowl of potato chowder.á Their guest had not yet arrived.á &ldquo,How did you come to know Geert of Deventer?&rdquo, the Landgraf asked Jan Cele making table conversation.á &ldquo,We were at the university together at Prague.&rdquo,á &ldquo,Prague. That&rsquo,s impressive. The capitol of the Holy Roman Empire.&rdquo,á &ldquo,For being so far to the east, it is impressive&rdquo, Cele affirmed.á &ldquo,The city of Good King Wenceslaus,&rdquo, the Landgraf exchanged.á &ldquo,I know a Christmas carol about him,&rdquo, chimed in Gretel.á Good King Wenceslaus looked outá On the Feast of Stephená Where the snow lay round aboutá Deep and crisp and even.á &ldquo,Bravo!&rdquo, the men clapped and Gretel was embarrassed. But she was beginning to like the conversation of schooled companions.á &ldquo,I would like to be educated like yourselves,&rdquo, she blushed.á John Cele came to her rescue.á &ldquo,So you shall be and more,&rdquo, he said foreshadowing a bright future. &ldquo,I would like that very much.&rdquo,á &ldquo,Education,&rdquo, affirmed the Landgraf, &ldquo,will set you free to be. . .&rdquo,á &ldquo,I believe that!&rdquo, John Cele said. &ldquo,Free to be! That is the question and answer education offers.&rdquo,