The things we do!

Which, of
course, leads to disaster. I cannot get that telephone conversation out of
my head; she must have had an idea--have realized that it was I who was
waiting for her here. But what on earth had I done? Why had I been
dismissed so suddenly from Ovrebo, and Falkenberg taken on in my place.
Quite possibly the Captain and his wife were not always the best of
friends, but the Captain had scented danger in my being there, and wished
to save his wife at least from such an ignominious fall. And now, here she
was, feeling ashamed that I had worked on her place, that she had used me
to drive her carriage, and twice shared food with me by the way. And she
was ashamed, too, of my being no longer young....
"This will never do," says Froken Elisabeth.
So I pull myself together again, and start saying all manner of foolish
things, to make her laugh. I drink a good deal and that helps; at last,
she really seems to fancy I am making myself agreeable to her on her own
account. She looks at me curiously.


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