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the Swedish Diet. He coldly advised Linnaeus to do 

 the best he could with his awkward certificate, lifted 

 his college cap, and passed on. The bells were clanging 

 loudly for the funeral. 



Indignant and astounded, our Carl stood rooted to 

 the spot ; never, if he starved first, would 'he ask a 

 favour of a Tiliander who could thus heartlessly disown 

 him. Would Humerus do the same ? He almost dreaded 

 now to meet his relative the professor, even though he 

 had expressed himself in terms so kindly. The rain 

 fell faster than ever. On leaving the shelter of the 

 large horse-chestnut trees Carl passed the open square, 

 now dignified with the statue of the poet Tegner, 

 towards the red-brick round-arched building of the 

 Akademiska Forening. Here the funeral procession 

 was mustering to move towards the cathedral. The 

 white-capped students, assembled under umbrellas, were 

 following a grand display of banners with black cock- 

 ades. The flagstaff of the building was twined with 

 black. Linnaeus waited while the procession filed 

 slowly by at the foot of a mound with three rough 

 stones set upright, surrounded by four rude slabs a 

 runic monument and asked a bystander whose funeral 

 it was that was thus honoured. 



1 It is that of a professor in the university Professor 

 Humerus.' 



Linnaeus staggered backward, but recovered him- 

 self, and following the procession to the church door, 

 entered, and looked again upon the coffin of his only friend 



