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Andersen in His Study in Captain 
Aniiolt’s House 
Andersen to join him in emp¬ 
tying his glass. The latter 
tried to shirk and seizing a 
glass of water replied to the 
king’s toast in that. Fred- 
erik VII thereupon thun¬ 
dered out, “When you drink 
with the king you cannot 
cheat. Would you pledge 
your king in water?” To 
which Andersen replied, 
“Your majesty, when I 
drink with my king water is 
changed to wine!” The king 
mollified, answered, “Well 
turned, D-n it! I’ll let 
you off this time!” 
As indicated above, An¬ 
dersen was extremely nerv¬ 
ous about his health. As he 
grew older, this anxiety and 
nervousness increased. Once 
when sent some West In¬ 
dian preserved fruit and 
strolling through the castle gardens 
when to her astonishment she caudht 
sight of her guest standing in an open 
window and apparently deliberately 
sticking out his tongue at her. This 
surprising spectacle was explained by 
the fact that Andersen, who was always 
very nervous about his own health, was 
critically examining his tongue in a 
mirror hanging beside the window. 
The Royal Family, too, were 
greatly interested in the poet, and Hans 
Christian Andersen was a frequent 
guest at court. Frederik VII, who en¬ 
joyed a good glass of wine, once amused 
himself at table by constantly urging 
The View from Andersen’s Window at Nyhavn 
Looking Toward Christianshavn 
Captain Anholm's House at Nyhavn, Copen¬ 
hagen, Where Andersen Lived for Nineteen 
Years 
