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Then I thought that if so they might as well leave the matter to be ended by them. We should be helpless directly if so. But it seemed rather that they quickened the pace. They would not share the treasure with anyone. There was a sound as of a groan from the bows, and the boat swung aside before Gerda could meet her with the helm.
The Reindeer and the young hind leaped along beside them, and accompanied them to the boundary of the country. Here the first vegetation peeped forth; here Kay and Gerda took leave of the Lapland woman. "Farewell! Farewell!" they all said.
The little robber girl opened the door, coaxed in all the big dogs, and then cut the rope with her sharp knife, and said to the Reindeer: "Now run, but take good care of the little girl." And Gerda stretched out her hands with the big muffles toward the little robber girl, and said, "Farewell."
But Nils Jorn caught sight of Gerda's merry smile, and nodded toward her. "Gerda Ekman has seen plenty of dancing in Stockholm," he said. "Let her be our queen." "Yes, yes!" shouted the others; and for a moment it looked as if Gerda would, indeed, have her wish to wear a crown.
"It is all about every old thing in Sweden," laughed Gerda. "The man who planned it said that the time would come when gold could not buy a picture of olden times the old homes and costumes and ways of living and then people would wish they could know more about them.
Soon Barry and Gerda, each comprehending the full measure of the serious intent of the other, stood helpless before it, the one in half-amused exasperation, the other in obstinate determination. "She means business, then," thought Barry. "He won't come round," thought Gerda and their love pierced and stabbed them, making Barry hasty of speech and Gerda sullen.
There stood poor little Gerda, without shoes or gloves, in the middle of freezing icebound Finmark. She ran forward as quickly as she could. A whole regiment of snow-flakes came towards her; they did not fall from the sky, for it was quite clear, with the northern lights shining brightly. No; these snow-flakes ran along the ground, and the nearer they came the bigger they grew.
Some of the wisest had taken a few slices of bread and butter with them, but they did not share it with their neighbors; they thought if they went in to the princess looking hungry, there would be a better chance for themselves." "But Kay! tell me about little Kay!" said Gerda, "was he amongst the crowd?" "Stop a bit, we are just coming to him.
People who believe what I do, and wouldn't tie themselves up and lose their liberty for anything." "I agree with Lenin. He says liberty is a bourgeois dream." "Barry, I may keep my name, mayn't I? I may still be called Gerda Bendish, by people in general?" "Of course, if you like. Rather silly, isn't it? Because it won't be your name. But that's your concern."
"You are a fine fellow to gad about!" she said to little Kay. "I should like to know if you deserve that one should run to the end of the world after you?" But Gerda patted her cheeks, and asked after the prince and princess. "They've gone to foreign countries," said the robber girl. "But the Crow?" said Gerda. "The Crow is dead," answered the other.
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