Andersen's Fairy Tales

part in the salad; stale eggs and roasted cocks'-combs furnished the

grand dish of the repast; the wine even was not without a disgusting taste--it was like a medicinal draught.

At night the boxes and other effects of the passengers were placed against the rickety doors. One of the travellers kept watch while the others slept. The sentry was our young Divine. How close it was ...