" [Footnote: _Kapteinen bad mig hilse Dem_: literally, "The
Captain bade me greet you." Such a message would not seem quite so
uncalled for in Norway, such greetings (_Hilsen_) being given and
sent more frequently, and on slighter occasions, than with us.] Would that
be enough? I might say more: "The Captain was obliged to drive himself,
because Nils couldn't spare any one to go."
But a moment can be long at times, and thought a lightning flash. I found
time to reject both these plans and hatch out another before Fruen came.
Though I doubt if my last plan was any better.
Fruen asked in surprise:
"Well, what do you want?"
Ragnhild came up, too, and looked at me wonderingly.
I turned the lamp towards Fruen's face and said:
"I beg pardon for coming up so late. I'll be going to the post first thing
tomorrow; I thought if perhaps Fruen had any letters to go?"
"Letters? No," she answered, shaking her head.
There was an absent look in her eyes, but she did not look in the least as
if she had been drinking.
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