Marken and its people : being some account written from time to time both during and after visits covering some considerable space of time ... . m-monplace villages, although the wondering tour-ist finds this hard to credit, but the muse does nothover over Marken to celebrate these picturesqueaspects. Old Niklaas sitting in his corner, puff-ing on his clay pipe black with age, and cogitat-ing upon the illusions of life, and the inscrutablepurpose involved in the creation of the flieswhich annoy him, is typical of Marken things assume great importance here, andI find that I, too, hav
Marken and its people : being some account written from time to time both during and after visits covering some considerable space of time ... . m-monplace villages, although the wondering tour-ist finds this hard to credit, but the muse does nothover over Marken to celebrate these picturesqueaspects. Old Niklaas sitting in his corner, puff-ing on his clay pipe black with age, and cogitat-ing upon the illusions of life, and the inscrutablepurpose involved in the creation of the flieswhich annoy him, is typical of Marken things assume great importance here, andI find that I, too, have lost sight of the things ofthe great outside world, and am busied with thematters considered by my neighbors, such as thequality of the water due to the drouth; the prob-ability of the new tax on the fishing boats; ques^tions which are now agitating the people. I find that this is a festal night here in the Kof-iij huis. It is the birthday celebration of oldDirk Torp, proprietor of the establishment andhusband of the placid vrouwe who sits knittingbehind the bar. Old Dirk is a typical Marken-ite; burly, sleepy looking, and good i
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