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Wilhelm and Otto had happily passed their examen philosophicum. The latter had paid several visits, and was already regarded as an old friend of the family. The lover already addressed him with his droll "Good day, Mr. Petersen;" and Grethe was witty about his melancholy glance, which he was not always able to conquer.
Berger, and immediately the company were deep in dramatic affairs. "Such a decoration they should have in the royal theatre!" said Hans Peter. "Yes, they should have many such!" said Grethe. "They should have some other pieces than those they have. I know not how it is with our poets; they have no inventive power.
"Doubtless, very heavy blows are dealt!" said Mr. Berger, "the man must be witty Baggesen to the very letter." "The 'Copenhagen Post' is called the pump!" said Hans Peter. "That is superb!" cried Grethe. "Who does it attack besides?" "Folks in Soroe, and this 'Holy Andersen, as they call him." "Does he get something?" said Laide. "That I will grant him for his milk and water.
"Yes, but my wife, Grethe, too," said he, and he seated himself with her at the table. And when the first servant came with a dish of delicate fare, the peasant nudged his wife, and said, "Grethe, that was the first," meaning that was the servant who brought the first dish.
Yes, he was, he said. Then he was to go with him and bring back the stolen money. "Oh, yes, but Grethe, my wife, must go too." The lord was willing and let both of them have a seat in the carriage, and they all drove away together. When they came to the nobleman's castle, the table was spread, and Crabb was told to sit down and eat.
Grethe! She heard him call, but remained; this occurred three times, when the merman was heard loudly lamenting, as he returned to the sea. Grethe remained with her parents, and the merman is often heard bitterly grieving the loss of Grethe." "The same tradition occurs in many lands," said Hardy. "Yes, but that is the one we have here in Jutland," replied Pastor Lindal.
We are so many ladies, and it looks well to have a few young gentlemen with us. Grethe, thou must write an invitation; thou canst write thy father's name underneath." "These poetical letters are so similar to those of Baggesen, that we could be almost tempted to consider the news of his death as false, although so well affirmed that we must acknowledge it." Monthly Journal of Literature.
She remains the winter here. Do you not guess who it is? A little lady from Lemvig!" "Maren!" exclaimed Otto. "Yes, truly!" said the lady. "She is said to have such a beautiful voice!" "Yes, in Lemvig," remarked Adelaide. "And what a horrible name she has! We must christen her again, when she comes. She must be called Mara, or Massa." "We could call her Massa Carara!" said Grethe.
"Those are 'the lords of the kingdom of mind," said Miss Grethe, smiling. We are the stem which can never decay!" "No, the neighbors!" replied Otto quickly. At this moment Miss Julle entered. She had been wandering from shop to shop, she said, until she could bear it no longer!
The servant, however, thought he intended by that to say, "That is the first thief," and as he actually was so, he was terrified, and said to his comrade outside, "The doctor knows all: we shall fare ill, he said I was the first." The second did not want to go in at all, but was forced. So when he went in with his dish, the peasant nudged his wife, and said, "Grethe, that is the second."
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