Marken and its people : being some account written from time to time both during and after visits covering some considerable space of time ... . nd amassedsome money in the iish, due as well to good luckas to his ability and frugality. People say thathe was a hard man to deal with but he was evera just one. He was fully fifty years old whenhe married the daughter of old Bischop, thebaker. She was not less than thirty-five herself,and neither pretty nor well-favored, but she wastall, of sturdy frame and could work hard. Shewas of dark skin and robust health, with large,even white teeth like pee
Marken and its people : being some account written from time to time both during and after visits covering some considerable space of time ... . nd amassedsome money in the iish, due as well to good luckas to his ability and frugality. People say thathe was a hard man to deal with but he was evera just one. He was fully fifty years old whenhe married the daughter of old Bischop, thebaker. She was not less than thirty-five herself,and neither pretty nor well-favored, but she wastall, of sturdy frame and could work hard. Shewas of dark skin and robust health, with large,even white teeth like peeled almonds. Theywere married here on Marken the year before Icame here. I am told that she brought him adowry of one thousand gulden—that is all. Shecould work hard, as I have said, and she did house on Marken was better kept. It was,as it is, a model. Koopman and his wife couldread and write—not much more—but they wereand are shrewd. When she had finished herwork she always seated herself on the woodenbench beside the door. There she knittedwoolen socks and jackets. These she sold forgood prices. They were well made. Koopman. YOUNG FISHERMEN MELANirS FORTUNE 119 was away most of the week buying and sellingherring at Amsterdam. When he was at homehe always got up at daybreak and opened thegreen window shutters noisily; then he let out thecat, and soon Vrouwe Koopman came out to getcoal from the shed for the fire. It never oc-curred to either of them to bring it in the nightbefore. The Koopmans kept to never discussed their affairs with the neigh-bors. Koopman is a fat, short, red-faced man, asMynheer knows. He was always as he is now, aworker. He has always worn blue stockings,snuff-colored fustian trousers, a checked waist-coat and a short velveteen jacket with silver but-tons. Marken people are not meat eaters, neitherare the Koopmans. Ordinary peasants fare con-sists of dried fish, such as cod and herring, driedpeas and beans, eggs when they can
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