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They dropped hints of having been engaged in some political conspiracy; and one of them said, with a curious mixture of Italian and Norsk words "Jeg voglio ikke ritornare." We sailed early the next morning, and in the afternoon reached Vardö, where we lay three hours. Here we took on board the three officers, who had in the meantime made their inspection.
As the last man got up he exclaimed 'Herre, Jesu Kors Aldrig saae jeg saadan Hors. 'By the Lord Jesu's cross, Never saw I such a horse. Instantly at that holy name the horse disappeared from under them, and the three Bønder were lying on the ground. The Danish word for horse is 'hest, but the Jutland people use the word 'hors, in their dialect."
Her back was turned to her father and brothers. Hardy sang the popular "Folkevise," beginning "Det var en Lørdag aften Jeg sad og vented dig Du loved mig at komme vist Men kom dog ej til mig." This song of the people possesses a rare plaintiveness, and describes how a peasant girl had expected her lover, but he came not, and her grief at seeing him with a rival.
"Voila, voila, je parle Francais," shouted another, seizing hold of his valise. "Jeg er Dansk. Tale Dansk," roared a third, with an accent which seriously impeached his truthfulness.
Perfectly aghast with astonishment, I pulled the reins and stopped. "What!" I exclaimed, in the best Norsk I could muster, "is the Jomfru going with me?" "Ja!" answered the laughing damsel, in a merry, ringing voice "Ja! Ja! Jeg vil vise de Veien! I will show you the way!" Here was a predicament! A handsome young girl going to take charge of me through a perfectly wild and unknown country!
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