Then Elisabet had come up and put in her word. And she was smarter--
_prrr_! Fruen did manage to say: "Well, anyhow we were in the house,
but you two were sitting out among the bushes!" And Elisabet turned sharp
at that, and snapped out: "We didn't put out the light!" "And if we did,"
said Fruen, "it made no difference; we came down directly after."
Heavens! I thought to myself, why ever didn't she say they put the light
out _because_ they were going down?
That was the end of it for a while. But then, later on, the Captain said
something about Fruen being so much older than Elisabet. "You ought always
to wear your hair down," he said. "On my word, it made you look quite a
girl!" "Oh yes, I dare say I need it now," answered Fruen. But seeing
Elisabet turn away laughing, she flared up all of a sudden and told her to
take herself off. And Elisabet put her hands on her hips, and asked the
Captain to order her carriage. "Right!" says the Captain at that; "and
I'll drive you myself!"
All this Ragnhild had heard for herself standing close by.
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