'Oh; they are out
somewhere, at the other end of the earth,' said he. 'We're all alone;
don't let me have to keep on asking you now!' And then he took hold of her
and picked her up--oh, he was so strong, so strong! 'No, no; leave go!'
she cried."
"Go on!" I said breathlessly. "What next?"
"Why, it was just then you came up with the letter, and I didn't see what
happened next. And when I went back, they'd turned the key in the lock, so
I could hardly see at all. But I heard Fruen saying: 'Oh, what are you
doing? No, no, we mustn't!' She must have been in his arms then. And then
at last she said: 'Wait, then; let me get down a minute.' And he let her
go. 'Blow out the lamp,' she said. And then it was all dark ... oh!..."
"But now I was at my wits' end what to do," Ragnhild went on. "I stood a
minute all in a flurry, and was just going to knock at the door all at
once--"
"Yes, yes; why didn't you? What on earth made you wait at all?"
"Why, if I had, then Fruen'd have known in a moment I'd been listening
outside," answered the girl.
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