Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 01:43:21 +0800
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The thought reminded him of his evening chores, and he set off for the barn with a harsh jubilation that it was almost the last time he would need to milk. How far, he wondered, could he go on that money? He hurried through his work and into the house to his old desk. The faded text-ornament stood on the top shelf, but he did not see it, as he hastily tumbled out all the time-tables and sailing-lists. The habit of looking at them with the yearning bitterness of unreconciled deprivation was still so strong on him that even as he handled them eagerly, he hated them for the associations of years of misery they brought back to him.
first time what the man has been talking about; and after the verb -- merelyby way of ornament, as far as I can make out -- the writer shovels in HABEN
Englishman as the ENGLAENDER; to change the sex, he adds INN, and thatstands for Englishwoman -- ENGLAENDERINN. That seems descriptive enough, butstill it is not exact enough for a German; so he precedes the word with thatarticle which indicates that the creature to follow is feminine, and writesit down thus: die Englaenderinn, -- which means the she-Englishwoman. I
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