Mary Mapes Dodge

“ Peter was accustomed to finer lodgings, but this was a frolic.
"Why not?" he replied. "We can fare excellently here."
"Your worship speaks only the truth," said mynheer with great deference.
"How fine to be called 'your worship,'" laughed Ludwig aside to Lambert, while Peter replied, "Well, mine host, you may get the rooms ready by nine."
"I have one beautiful chamber, with three beds, that will hold all of your worships," said Mynheer Kleef coaxingly. ”

“ Ludwig startled. "What now?"
"Nothing, only Mynheer Kleef of the Red Lion little thinks how we shall make things spin in that same room tonight. We'll set the bolsters flying!"
"Order!" cried the captain. "Now, boys, I must seek this great Dr. Boekman before I sleep. If he is in Leyden it will be no great task to find him, for he always puts up at the Golden Eagle when he comes here. I wonder that you did not all go to bed at once. Still, as you are awake, what say you to walking with Ben up by the Museum or the Stadhuis?" ”

“ Everything. I have rye bread, sauerkraut, potato salad, and the fattest herring in Leyden."
"What do you say, boys?" asked the captain. "Will that do?"
"Yes," cried the famished youths, "if he'll only be quick." ”