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Wolf Harranth <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 21 Jul 1997 15:39:00 +0200
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I can confirm the source. The translation is not too good - like all
German translations of "Tom Sawyer" so far. Withough giving much thought
to it, "to bend over double" is usually translated by "mit verdoppelter
Anstrengung" - this might solve the puzzle (and explain the
misunderstanding).

Regards
Wolf Harranth
Vienna, Austria

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