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"It is very kind," said Helga; "but I can only accept what is positively necessary, and I accept that because it would relieve my father from an expense that he cannot well bear, and because John might wish to see me well dressed when I am married to him." "Would you not like to make Kirstin and your father's other servants a present when you are married?" said Mrs. Hardy.
We have breakfast at ten to eleven, and you would have time to fish a little; and Kirstin will give you some bread and butter and coffee at six." "There is nothing unusual in this, Herr Hardy," said Frøken Helga, in reply to a look of surprise from Hardy. "It will put us to no inconvenience."
It is true, I spoke to her without full knowledge of her conduct, but to say more is neither necessary nor expedient." The Pastor was surprised at the decided tone Hardy used. It had been his intention to clear the matter up, so that nothing should rest in Hardy's mind against Kirstin.
They had then no idea of the difficulty of getting off the slime of an eel from their clothes, and what very pointed personal remarks would be made by Kirstin, when they returned to Vandstrup Præstegaard. The preparations for catching eels with lines was of immense interest to the boys. Hardy had several stakes made with sharpened ends.
"Hardy," said the Pastor, "may I ask you one thing, and that is, have you spoken to Kirstin about what I told you?" "No," replied Hardy. "Why should I? There is nothing that is necessary for me to say. She is your servant and not mine.
Hardy rose and shook hands with Kirstin. "It is an old servant, mother," said Hardy; and Mrs. Hardy rose and shook hands with Kirstin, and then the Pastor took Mrs. Hardy in to dinner. Mrs. Hardy's ladylike tact soon enabled her to get on with the Pastor she used the simplest English words, and Hardy was able to talk to Helga. "I have brought the side saddle," he said.
"Kirstin will call us, and will have coffee ready an hour earlier than usual, if you wish it." "Am I disturbing your house, Herr Pastor," said Hardy, "by suggesting this to your boys?" "By no means," said the Pastor. "It is now Thursday, and we shall not expect you to begin to teach them English until Monday, and the boys can have a free time until then.
"No," said Kirstin, "I will have no money. Herr Pastor says you will pay for your stay here by teaching, and it rests with him; also it is too much." Hardy had to pocket his money again with a dissatisfied look, but Kirstin understood him; and his face, on which nature had written "gentleman," and which she had closely observed since Hardy's arrival, appealed to her.
"Whatever Hardy does, Helga," said the Pastor, "will be thoughtfully done." "No doubt of it," said Helga; "he is a cool and calculating Englishman." She was vexed at the illusion to Kirstin.
"You have heard me say that I like Rosendal as it is, and you exhibit your English ideas to show how uncivilized and wanting in taste I am." "But are you not imputing evil," said Hardy, "like Kirstin, the grossly suspicious?" Helga blushed and said nothing, and Pastor Lindal determined to tell Hardy what Kirstin had imputed to him.
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