The things we do!

In desperation I checked the horses a little before we got to the steps,
and got down to open the carriage door.
"But why ... what on earth have you pulled up here for?"
"I only thought if perhaps Fruen wouldn't mind getting out here. It's all
mud on ahead ... the wheels...."
She must have thought I was trying to entice her into something, Heaven
knows!...
"Drive on, man, do!" she said.
The horses moved on, and the carriage stopped just where the light was at
its full.
Emma came out to receive her mistress. Fruen handed her the rugs all in a
bundle, as she had rolled them up before getting out of the carriage.
"Thanks," she said to me, glancing round as she went in. "Heavens, how
dreadfully wet you are!"


XXV

A curious piece of news awaited me: Falkenberg had taken service with the
Captain as a farm-hand.
This upset the plan we had agreed on, and left me alone once more. I could
not understand a word of it all. Anyhow, I could think it over
tomorrow.


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