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Her eyes had a dreamy, far-off look, and she found her thoughts wandering, now and then, away to the Altenfjord she almost fancied she could hear the sigh of the pines and the dash of the waves mingling in unison as they used to do when she sat at the old farm-house window and span, little dreaming then how her life would change how all those familiar things would be swept away as though they had never been.
It appears that in general the upward movements in Scandinavia, which have raised sea-beaches containing marine shells of Recent species to the height of several hundred feet, have been tolerably uniform over very wide spaces; yet a remarkable exception to this rule was observed by M. Bravais at Altenfjord in Finmark, between latitude 70 and 71 degrees north.
Onward they sailed, past the grand Lofoden Islands and all the magnificent scenery extending thence to Christiansund, while the inhabitants of Bosekop looked in vain for their return to the Altenfjord.
As he was about to consider this point reflectively, Errington entered, equipped for travelling, and whip in hand. His imagination had been at work during the past few minutes, exaggerating all the horrors and difficulties of Thelma's journey to the Altenfjord, till he was in a perfect fever of irritable excitement. "Come on Lorimer!" he cried. "There's no time to lose!
The Lapp, after the manner of his race, was easily frightened, and cowered back, terrified at the bonde's menacing gesture and fierce tone, but quickly bethinking himself of the liberal fee he clutched in his palm, he volunteered a warning to this kingly old man with the streaming white hair and beard, and his keen eyes that were already fixed on the dark sweep of the rough, uneven road winding towards the Altenfjord.
If you know your Greek history, you must have heard of Pythias, who lived three hundred and fifty-six years before Christ, and who was taken captive by a band of Norseman and carried away to see 'the place where the sun slept in winter. Most probably he came to this very spot, the Altenfjord, at any rate the ancient Greeks had good words to say for the 'Outside Northwinders, as they called us Norwegians, for they reported us to be 'persons living in peace with their gods and themselves. Again, one of the oldest tribes in the world came among us in times past, the Phoenicians, there are traces among us still of their customs and manners.
What can I do to please you?" Sigurd's wild blue eyes sparkled with pleasure. "Do!" he cried. "You can go away, swiftly, swiftly, over the seas, and the Altenfjord need know you no more! Spread your white sails!" and he pointed excitedly up to the tall tapering masts of the Eulalie. "You are king here. Command and you are obeyed! Go from us, go! What is there here to delay you?
Clara says he loved her once long before he saw me my poor Philip! he must have suffered by that love! perhaps that is why he thought life so wearisome when he first came to the Altenfjord ah! the Altenfjord!" A choking sob rose in her throat but she repressed it. "I must try not to weary him," she continued softly "I must have done so in some way, or he would not be tired.
"You will often find a peasant girl on the shores of the Altenfjord watching the midnight sun at the same time as yourself," she said, and there was a suspicion of laughter in her voice. "It is not unusual. It is not even necessary that you should remember so little a thing." "Necessary or not, I shall never forget it," he said with sudden impetuosity. "You are no peasant!
Almost blinded by the spray that dashed its disdainful drops in their faces, deafened by the majestic, loud, and ceaseless eloquence that poured its persuasive force into the splitting hearts of the rocks around them, breathless with climbing, and well-nigh tread out, they struggled on, and broke into one unanimous shout of delight and triumph when they at last reached the small hut that had been erected for the convenience of travellers who might choose that way to journey to the Altenfjord, and stood face to face with the magnificent cascade, one of the grandest in Norway.
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