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"Are all these things made in Sweden?" he asked. "And did you buy them all with one krona?" "They are all made in the towns and cities which we have visited," Gerda replied; "but they cost more than one krona. Mother gave me five kronor before we left home and asked me to buy handkerchiefs and laces at Vadstena. They are the best to be found anywhere in Sweden."
On my way to the inn toward midnight I met a cyclist wearing a blue jersey, and on the breast, instead of a college letter, was woven a yellow cross. On meeting me the cyclist dismounted and insisted on shouting me the way. When we came to the inn I offered him a krona. My guide smiled as though he was possessed by a beatific vision. "No!
He also distributed a number of krona pieces and fifty earrings which, if any misfortune happened to the Vega, would serve to show her course. During the following days the ice closed up and fog lay dense over the sea. Only now and then could the vessel sail a short distance, and then was stopped and had to moor again.
See that you take home some treasures from your journey, something that will remind you of the towns we visit and the sights we see," and he put his hand into his pocket and took out three coins. "The Vikings had a fashion of taking what they wanted without paying for it," suggested Birger. "You'd better not try it now, my son," replied Herr Ekman; and he gave each one of the children a krona.
Holding the money in front of his eyes, she said: "Look, Ingmar! here's every krona of your inheritance money. It was Elof, of course, who hid it in the pillow!" Ingmar heard what she said, and he saw the bank notes but he saw and heard as in a daze. Gertrude placed the money in his hand, but his fingers would not close over it, and it fell to the ground.
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