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I was in my eighteenth year when Garar Hólm returned to Iceland for the second time. By then the superintendent's snuff had all been used up long ago, and the pouch lay shrivelled and dusty on the shelf; but there was still something left in the gold-pouch.
Articles began to appear in the newspapers saying that the singer was expected soon, but no one knew when. At last it was announced that he would be coming on the mail-boat North Star in the first week of August. He had been living on the other side of the world, giving concerts in Australia and Japan. Now the invitations were pouring in from opera-houses all over Europe and America, but he did not choose to tie himself to any one opera-house while the whole world was his oyster.