To him it seemed a very simple thing to go to Iceland, as that was his business; but to my uncle it was sublime.

The worthy captain took advantage of his enthusiasm to charge double fares; but we did not trouble ourselves about mere trifles.

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"You must be on board on Tuesday, at seven in the morning," said Captain Bjarne, after having pocketed more dollars than were his due.
Then we thanked M.Thomsen for his kindness, "and we returned to the Phoenix Hotel.
"It's all right, it's all right," my uncle repeated.

"How fortunate we are to have found this boat ready for sailing.

Now let us have some breakfast and go about the town." We went first to Kongens-nye-Torw, an irregular square in which are two innocent-looking guns, which need not alarm any one.