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I learned also the names of the cottagers themselves. The youth

and his companion had each of them several names, but the old man

had only one, which was father. The girl was called sister or

Agatha, and the youth Felix, brother, or son. I cannot describe

the delight I felt when I learned the ideas appropriated to each

of these sounds and was able to pronounce them. I distinguished

several other words without being able as yet to understand or

apply them, such as _good, dearest, unhappy._