"
I walked up, and Lars went on talking all the way. He offered to put in a
word for me with the Captain, so I could get a clearing like he had.
"Funny to go and forget a thing like that," he said. "It's gone clean out
of my head. But come up home now. I'll be sure to hit on it again."
All friendliness he was now. But I had one or two things to do myself, and
would not go farther.
"You won't see the Captain tonight, anyway."
No, but it was late. Emma would be in bed, and would only be a trouble.
"Not a bit of it," said Lars. "And if she has gone to bed, what of it? I
shouldn't wonder, now, if there was a shirt of yours up there, too. Better
come up and take it with you, and save Emma going all the way down
herself."
But I would not go up. I ventured, however, to send a greeting to Emma
this time.
"Ay, surely," said Lars. "And if so be as you haven't time to come up to
my bit of a place now, why, there it is. You'll be going off first thing
tomorrow, I suppose?"
It slipped my mind for the moment that I should not be able to see the
Captain that evening, and I answered now that I should be leaving as early
as could be.
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