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"Yes, he ought least of all to talk with your own wife." Thore made no reply to this; he had just lit his pipe, and now, leaning up against a bundle of fagots, he let his eyes wander, first from his wife, then from his son, and fixed them on an old crow's-nest which hung, half overturned, from a fir-branch above.
But not the kind of laughter that rang in the open dell which peeped like the end of a great green-lined prospect glass upon the glimmering levels of Loch Grannoch; nor yet the kind of love which in alternate currents pulsed to and fro between the two young people who sat so demurely on either side of the great, many-spiked fir-branch.
There she often passed the tedious hours away picking the needles, one by one, from the cones on two large branches of fir, which hung from the roof of her hut on purpose to provide her with occupation. And as she picked she prayed to the fir-branch that she might never be lazy, but always quick and active at work.
It is under the sofa where Old Squint-eyes is asleep. Follow me. Throw all that grass away," she said in her old imperious way. "Let me give it to you to hold," said Rudolf. "It is also a gift from Mother Holle, and may come in useful." They walked together towards the house, Babette holding the bunch of silvery grass, and entered the kitchen. Here Babette lit the fir-branch.
Petrified at their peep-holes, they watched him, in the veritable presence of Santa Claus himself with the fir-branch, fish out five battered pennies from the depths of his pocket and pass them over to the woman behind the jars, in exchange for one of the bundles of honey-cakes tied with blue. As if in a dream they saw him issue forth with the coveted prize.
Towards mid-day I rested by the wayside and let Aguador eat what grass he could. Presently, continuing my journey, I caught sight of a little hovel where the fir-branch over the door told me wine was to be obtained.
"We must secure the magic book first of all," said Rudolf, holding the fir-branch firmly in his hand, "and would you kindly light this candle for me?" Babette laughed. "A funny candle," she said. "A fairy candle," he whispered, "to keep off evil spells. Mother Holle recommended it." Babette felt inclined to dance for joy. "Can you really see me?" she whispered.
'Yes, now I have. She struck a fir-branch with her riding-whip, scattering flakes on my head. 'Would that extinguish it? 'In the form of an avalanche perhaps it would. 'Then you make your aims a part of your life? 'I do. 'Then you win! or it is written of you that you never knew failure! So with me. I set my life upon my aim when I feel that the object is of true worth.
"Not only to see your grandmother, who has been very kind to me, but also to see you, who have not been at all kind to me," answered Ralph. "And pray, Master Ralph Peden, how have I not been kind to you?" said Winsome with dignity, giving him the full benefit of a pair of apparently reproachful eyes across the fir-branch.
They are wonderfully quick flyers, a few days will find them on the distant shores of Africa." "It must be very sunny, very delightful there," said the Blackbird. "I daresay it is," replied the Rook, hopping slowly from one fir-branch to another; "but I had far rather remain at home.
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