--- title: The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 2 — The Violet Fairy Book · full text with trees · page 2 description: The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 2, «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: ‘Now I’ll see whether he will know me,’ thought he. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Violet Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/) / The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 2 # The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 2 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/101/) — ‘What has his highness ordered for luncheon?’ asked the head cook. - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/102/) — ‘Sir, his highness has graciously ordered a Danish soup and red Hamburg dumplings.’ - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/103/) — ‘Good,’ said the head cook. - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/104/) — ‘Have you heard, and do you feel equal to making these dishes? - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/105/) — Not that you will be able to make the dumplings, for they are a secret receipt.’ - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/106/) — ‘Is that all!’ said Jem, who had often made both dishes. - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/107/) — ‘Nothing easier. - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/108/) — Let me have some eggs, a piece of wild boar, and such and such roots and herbs for the soup; and as for the dumplings,’ he added in a low voice to the head cook, ‘I shall want four different kinds of meat, some wine, a duck’s marrow, some ginger, and a herb called heal-well.’ - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/109/) — ‘Why,’ cried the astonished cook, ‘where did you learn cooking? - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/110/) — Yes, those are the exact materials, but we never used the herb heal-well, which, I am sure, must be an improvement.’ - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/111/) — And now Jem was allowed to try his hand. - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/112/) — He could not nearly reach up to the kitchen range, but by putting a wide plank on two chairs he managed very well. - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/113/) — All the cooks stood round to look on, and could not help admiring the quick, clever way in which he set to work. - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/114/) — At last, when all was ready, Jem ordered the two dishes to be put on the fire till he gave the word. - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/115/) — Then he began to count: ‘One, two, three,’ till he got to five hundred when he cried, ‘Now!’ - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/116/) — The saucepans were taken off, and he invited the head cook to taste. - [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/117/) — The first cook took a golden spoon, washed and wiped it, and handed it to the head cook, who solemnly approached, tasted the dishes, and smacked his lips over them. - [118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/118/) — ‘First rate, indeed!’ he exclaimed. - [119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/119/) — ‘You certainly are a master of the art, little fellow, and the herb heal-well gives a particular relish.’ - [120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/120/) — As he was speaking, the duke’s valet came to say that his highness was ready for luncheon, and it was served at once in silver dishes. - [121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/121/) — The head cook took Jem to his own room, but had hardly had time to question him before he was ordered to go at once to the grand duke. - [122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/122/) — He hurried on his best clothes and followed the messenger. - [123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/123/) — The grand duke was looking much pleased. - [124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/124/) — He had emptied the dishes, and was wiping his mouth as the head cook came in. - [125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/125/) — ‘Who cooked my luncheon to-day?’ asked he. - [126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/126/) — ‘I must say your dumplings are always very good; but I don’t think I ever tasted anything so delicious as they were to-day. - [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/127/) — Who made them?’ - [128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/128/) — ‘It is a strange story, your highness,’ said the cook, and told him the whole matter, which surprised the duke so much that he sent for the dwarf and asked him many questions. - [129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/129/) — Of course, Jem could not say he had been turned into a squirrel, but he said he was without parents and had been taught cooking by an old woman. - [130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/130/) — ‘If you will stay with me,’ said the grand duke, ‘you shall have fifty ducats a year, besides a new coat and a couple of pairs of trousers. - [131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/131/) — You must undertake to cook my luncheon yourself and to direct what I shall have for dinner, and you shall be called assistant head cook.’ - [132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/132/) — Jem bowed to the ground, and promised to obey his new master in all things. - [133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/133/) — He lost no time in setting to work, and everyone rejoiced at having him in the kitchen, for the duke was not a patient man, and had been known to throw plates and dishes at his cooks and servants if the things served were not quite to his taste. - [134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/134/) — Now all was changed. - [135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/135/) — He never even grumbled at anything, had five meals instead of three, thought everything delicious, and grew fatter daily. - [136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/136/) — And so Jem lived on for two years, much respected and considered, and only saddened when he thought of his parents. - [137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/137/) — One day passed much like another till the following incident happened. - [138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/138/) — Dwarf Long Nose--as he was always called--made a practice of doing his marketing as much as possible himself, and whenever time allowed went to the market to buy his poultry and fruit. - [139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/139/) — One morning he was in the goose market, looking for some nice fat geese. - [140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/140/) — No one thought of laughing at his appearance now; he was known as the duke’s special body cook, and every goose-woman felt honoured if his nose turned her way. 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