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"When I give it to the station master at Gellivare, he will give me a key which will open the hut on Mount Dundret, and let us see the midnight sun in comfort." "How much did you pay for it?" was Gerda's next question. "I paid about four kronor for the card and all the privileges that go with it," was the answer. "Have you plenty of money left?" asked the little girl. Her father laughed.
"It sets now at about eleven o'clock, and rises a little after one. You will have to wait until you cross the Polcirkel and get to the top of Mount Dundret before you have a night when the sun doesn't even dip below the horizon." "We must be pretty near the Arctic Circle now," exclaimed Gerda. "It is growing colder and colder every minute."
"If I could stand on the top of Mount Dundret and see the sun shining at midnight, I am sure I could understand about it without any geography," Gerda declared. "If you should go north with Herr Lighthouse-Inspector Ekman this summer, you might meet the little girl who receives this box," said Sigrid. "I should know her the minute I saw her," Gerda said decidedly.
"I was thinking that it will make Karen sad to hear of my good times this winter," Gerda told him. "She will like to have your letters to think about," replied Lieutenant Ekman cheerfully. Then he pointed to a little town on the shore ahead. "There is Luleå," he said. "You will soon be travelling on the railroad toward Mount Dundret and the midnight sun."
"And swarms of mosquitoes," added Birger. "Don't forget the mosquitoes!" In a moment more the children were back in their seats, and the train was creeping slowly northward, on its way toward Gellivare and Mount Dundret, where, from the fifth of June to the eleventh of July, the sun may be seen shining all day and all night.
"What time is it, Father?" asked Gerda, as they reached the top of Mount Dundret, and Lieutenant Ekman took the key out of his pocket to open the door of the Tourists' Hut. "It is half past eleven," replied her father, looking at his watch. "At noon or at night?" questioned Gerda. "Look at the sun, and don't ask such foolish questions," Birger told her.
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