One of the members of Kappers' "literary and scientific" society, and
the one whom the West Indian had genuinely cared most for, was a young
fellow whose father was very much respected, and to whom attention was
called for that reason; he was short, a little heavy on his feet, and a
trifle indolent, had beautiful eyes, was warm-hearted and well educated,
had good abilities without being specially original, and was somewhat
careless in his dress, as in other things.
His father was C.N. David, well known in his younger days as a
University professor and a liberal politician, who later became the Head
of the Statistical Department and a Member of the Senate. He had been in
his youth a friend of Johan Ludvig Heiberg, [Footnote: J.L. Heiberg, to
whom such frequent allusion is made, was a well-known Danish author of
the last century (1791-1860). Among many other things, he wrote a series
of vaudevilles for the Royal Theatre at Copenhagen, Of which he was
manager. In every piece he wrote there was a special part for his wife,
Johanne Luise Heiberg, who was the greatest Danish actress of the 19th
century.] and had been dramatic contributor to the latter's paper.
He was a very distinguished satirist and critic and his influence upon
the taste and critical opinion of his day can only be compared with that
of Holberg in the 18th century.
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