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At one o'clock on the following day the little church was thrown open, and there, in the presence of the pastor and a few friends and neighbors, Ole and Hulda solemnly promised to wed each other when the young sailor should return from the last voyage he intended to make. A year is a long time to wait, but it passes all the same, nor is it intolerable when two persons can trust each other.
All the while Dame Hansen and her daughter were watching him from one of the windows of the inn. What strange creature was this, and what could be the object of his visit? It was greatly to be regretted that all this took place during Joel's absence, especially as the eccentric individual was going to spend the night at the inn. "What if he is a madman?" said Hulda.
He was now obliged to climb this rounded surface. This was, of course, the most difficult and also the most dangerous part of his task. "Don't make the slightest movement, Hulda!" he cried. "If you should both slip while I am not in a position to break your fall you would both be killed." "You need not fear that, Joel!" replied Hulda. "Think only of yourself, and may God help you!"
These works were given conducted by Pasdeloup: Symphonic Poem "Le Chasseur Maudit," Symphonic Variations, piano and orchestra, Second Part of "Ruth." Part II was conducted by the composer and consisted of March and Air de Ballet, with chorus, from "Hulda" and the Third and Eighth Beatitudes. The Franck Festival occurred January 30, 1887, and was not a very inspiring performance.
So saying, Hulda took up her frock and began gently rubbing the bird's wings, when, to her utter astonishment, it opened its pretty beak and sang: "My master, oh, my master, The brown hard-hearted gnome, He goes down faster, faster, To his dreary home. Little Hulda sold her Golden wand for me, Though the fairy told her That must never be Never she must never Let the treasure go.
They went among gypsies, fruit-women, peasant girls, children, travelling musicians, common soldiers, and laborers; the heat increased, and the dust and the noise, and at last Hulda and her parents were borne forward into the old ruin among a rush of people running and huzzaing, and heard the pedlar shout to them: "Keep back, good people; leave a space before me; leave a large space between me and you."
And so they all went on wishing till at last it came to Hulda's turn. "What do you wish for, my child?" said her mother. "Not for anything at all," she answered, shaking her head. "Oh, but you must wish for something!" cried all the children. "Yes," said her mother, "and I am now going to cut the cake. See, Hulda, the knife is going into it. Think of something."
"I could give her a new one for it of the latest fashion." "Oh, no, thank you!" cried Hulda, hastily, "I must not do so. This ring is my mother's, and was left her by my grandmother." The pedlar looked disappointed.
"Well, young lady," said the cunning pedlar, "how do you find these jewels? Did I boast too much of their beauty?" "Oh, no!" said Hulda, "I did not think there had been anything so beautiful in the world. I did not think even our queen had such fine jewels as these. Thank you, pedlar, for the sight of them." "Will you buy something, then, of a poor man?" answered the pedlar.
He even felt it his duty to again absent himself for twenty-four hours, doubtless for an object in some way connected with the affair in which Dame Hansen's family was so deeply interested; but, as before, he maintained absolute silence in regard to what he was doing or having done in this matter. In the meantime Hulda regained strength but slowly.
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