The things we do!

I was glad when that service was
over.
When I had boiled my meat and had some dinner, I was invited into the
kitchen for a cup of coffee. And while I sat there, in came Frokenen, the
young lady I had seen the day before; I stood up and bowed a greeting, and
she nodded in return. She was charming, with her youth and her pretty
hands. When I got up to go, I forgot myself and said:
"Most kind of you, I'm sure, my dear young lady!"
She glanced at me in astonishment, frowned, and the colour spread in her
cheeks till they burned. Then with a toss of her head she turned and left
the room. She was very young.
Well, I had done a nice thing now!
Miserable at heart, I sneaked up into the woods to hide. Impertinent fool,
why hadn't I held my tongue! Of all the ridiculous things to say....
The vicarage buildings lay on the slope of a small hill; from the top, the
land stretched away flat and level, with alternating timber and clearing.
It struck me that here would be the proper place to dig the well, and then
run a pipe-line down the slope to the house.


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