"And you helped me with the books," continued Tayoga. "Ah, those first
months were hard, very hard!"
"And you taught me the use of the bow and arrow," continued Robert,
"and new skill in both fishing and hunting."
"Und the two uf you together learned new tricks und new ways uf making
my life miserable," grumbled Mynheer Huysman.
"But you must admit, Jacob," said Willet, "that they were not the
worst boys in the world."
"Well, not the worst, perhaps, David, because I don't know all the
boys uf all the countries in the world, but when you put an Onondaga
lad und an American lad together in alliance it iss hard to find any
one who can excel them, because they haf the mischief uf two nations."
"But you are tremendously glad to see them again, Jacob. Don't deny
it. I read it over and over again in your eyes."
Willet's own eyes twinkled as he spoke, and he saw also that there was
a light in those of the big Dutchman. But Huysman would admit
nothing.
"Here iss your room," he said to Robert and Tayoga.
Robert saw that it was not changed. All the old, familiar objects were
there, and they brought to him a rush of emotion, as inanimate things
often do.
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