Fruen's so unreasonable. We didn't care a
bit about her, she said, and left her all to herself, whatever might
happen. Did you ever hear such a thing, when I'd just gone after her. And
then there's another dreadful thing...."
"I don't want to hear any more," I said.
"But I haven't been listening outside--what are you thinking of? I was
there in the same room, and heard them."
"Did you? Well, well, stay here till you've calmed down a little; then
we'll go and find Nils."
And so frightened and tender was Ragnhild that she threw her arms round me
because I was kind to her. A strange girl!
Then we went down to Nils.
"Ragnhild thinks that somebody ought to keep awake for a bit," I said.
"Yes," said Ragnhild. "Oh, it's so dreadful--worse than ever it's been!
Heaven knows what the Captain'll do! Perhaps he won't go to bed at all.
Oh, she's fond of him and he's fond of her, too; only, everything's all
wrong! When she went running off like that today, the Captain was standing
outside the house, and said to me: 'Go and look after your mistress,
Ragnhild,' and I went after her, and there she was, standing behind a tree
down the road, and she just stood there, crying, and smiled at me.
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