Where was the tenderness now in her
eyes? Nothing but bravado! And furiously I told myself that her eyes shone
like a pair of lamps at the door of a music hall.
By the look of things the couple had begun to weary of each other, since
he had taken to going out alone, and she spend much of her time sitting
looking out of the window in the hotel. And this, no doubt, was why stout
Captain Bror made his appearance once again; his mission was perhaps to
bring jollity and mirth to others besides himself. And this jovial lump of
deformity certainly did his best; his guffaws of laughter rang through the
little town one whole night long. Then his leave expired, and he had to go
back to drill and duty--Fru Falkenberg and her Hugo were left to
themselves once more.
One day, while I was in a shop, I heard that there had been some slight
difference of opinion between Engineer Lassen and his cousin. A commercial
traveller was telling the shopkeeper all about it. But so great was the
general respect for the wealthy engineer throughout the town that the
shopman would hardly believe the story, and questioned the scandal-monger
doubtingly.
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