The things we do!

"
But the Captain explained things to Falkenberg in an altogether different
way, that upset my vanity completely: Froken Elisabeth wanted me to go
down to the vicarage once more, so that her father might have another try
at getting me to take work there. She'd promised him to do so.
I thought and thought over this explanation.
"But if you get taken on at the vicarage, then it's all off with our
railway work," said Falkenberg.
"I shan't," said I.


XXIII

I started early in the morning with the two ladies in a closed carriage.
It was more than a trifle cold at first, and my woollen rug came in very
handy; I used it alternately to put over my knees and wrap round my
shoulders.
We drove the way I had walked up with Falkenberg, and I recognized place
after place as we passed. There and there he had tuned the pianos; there
we had heard the grey goose passing.... The sun came up, and it grew
warmer; the hours went by; then, coming to cross-roads, the ladies knocked
at the window and said it was dinner-time.


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