' And Fruen asked: 'I didn't know that.' Then the Captain:
'Didn't he tell you that?' Fruen shook her head. 'Well, what then?' he
said again. 'Would it have made any difference if he had?' 'Yes,' said
Fruen at first, and then, 'No.' 'Are you fond of him?' he asked. And she
turned on him at once. 'Are you fond of Elisabet?' 'Yes,' answered the
Captain; but he sat smiling after that. 'Well and good,' said Fruen
sharply. Then there was a long silence. The Captain was the first to
speak, 'You were right when you said that about thinking over things. I've
been doing so. I'm not a vicious man, really; queerly enough, I've never
really cared about drinking and playing the fool. And yet I suppose I did,
in a way. But there's an end of it now.' 'So much the better for you,' she
answered sullenly. 'Quite so,' says he again. 'Though it would have been
better if you'd been a bit glad to hear it.' 'You can get Elisabet to do
that,' says she. 'Elisabet,' says he--just that one word--and shakes his
head.
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