He stopped at nothing.
"Well--good morning!" He nodded abruptly, and turned away.
* * * * *
But the day proved all too short for me; I went up into the woods, and
stayed roaming about there all by myself so long that I didn't get to the
office to draw my money. Well, there was no hurry; I had plenty of time.
What was I to do now?
I had not cared much for the little town before, but now it began to
interest me; I would gladly have stayed on a while. There were
complications arising between two people whom I had been following
attentively for some weeks past; something fresh might happen any moment
now, there was no saying. I thought of going as apprentice to a
blacksmith, just for the sake of staying in the place, but then, if I did,
I should be tied to the smithy all day and hampered in my movements
altogether; apart from which, the apprenticeship would take too many years
of my life. And years were the thing I least of all could spare.
So I let the days pass, one after another; the weather changed round again
to dry, sunny days.
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