He counted all the turkeys as
roasted, because he had the promise of the keeper of the
Montgomery House that he would roast for him all the
birds that were brought in to him before nine o'clock on
Thanksgiving morning.
VI
Having stated all this on a list carefully written,
first in the English language and second in the
language of the Hebrews, Frederick called his fellow-
lodgers together earlier than usual on the evening
before Thanksgiving Day. He explained to them, in the
patois which they used together, that it would be
indecent for them to carry this supply of food farther
than next Monday for their own purposes. He told them
that the occasion was one of exuberant thanksgiving to
the God of heaven. He showed them that they all had
great reason for thanksgiving. And, in short, he made
three heads of a discourse which might have been
expanded by the most eloquent preacher in Boston
the next day, and would have well covered the twenty-
five minutes which the regulation would have required
for a sermon. He then said that, as they had been
favored with much more than they could use for their own
appetites, they must look up those who were not so well
off as themselves.
He was well pleased by finding that he was
understood, and what he said was received with applause
in the various forms in which Southern Russia applauds on
such occasions.
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