The things we do!

How splendid of her to have found me! She must have held the envelope up
to the light, no doubt, and read the Lensmand's name under the stamps;
then laid her beautiful head on one side and half closed her eyes and
thought for a moment: he is working for the Lensmand at Hersat now....
That evening, when we were back home, the Lensmand came out and talked to
us of this and that, and asked:
"Didn't you say you'd been working for Captain Falkenberg at Ovrebo?"
"Yes."
"I see he's invented a machine."
"A machine?"
"A patent saw for timber work. It's in the papers."
I started at this. Surely he hadn't invented my patent saw?
"There must be some mistake," I said. "It wasn't the Captain who invented
it."
"Oh, wasn't it?"
"No it wasn't. But the saw was left with him."
And I told the Lensmand all about it. He went in to fetch the paper, and
we both read what it said: "New Invention.... Our Correspondent on the
spot.... Of great importance to owners of timber lands.


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