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My brother, upon whose absolute silence I could blindly rely, was the only person I let into the secret of my change of plan, and he did me many important services during the time when we alone shared the knowledge. Then Lieutenant Thorvald Nilsen at that time first officer of the Fram, now her commander returned home, and I considered it my duty to inform him immediately of my resolve.
In the distance the mountains seen before loomed up romantically; they looked very high when one saw them through the thick clouds and masses of fog which passed over them from time to time and occasionally allowed us to catch glimpses of their mighty peaks and their broken glaciers. For the first time we saw the "Thorvald Nilsen Mountain," which has a height of 16,400 feet.
"Certainly," replied Hardy, and he shortened the line to allow her to do so. Her first attempt was to hook Hardy's cap; her next was to hook Nils Nilsen by the ear. "It seems so easy to do," said Helga, as she handed Hardy the rod, who showed her how to cast the line as well as he was able. "You will fish better from the bank, where it is not necessary to cast such a long line," said Hardy.
We took on board a fresh load of sick and wounded men chiefly the former bound for Wynberg hospital. Just before we left I walked a hundred yards from the line and saw the graves of Colonel Downman, Lieutenant Campbell, Lieutenant Fox, and a Swede called, I think, Olaf Nilsen.
They had all promised to do their best to promote our common object, and therefore all went about their duty without grumbling. I left written orders with the commander of the Fram, Captain Nilsen. The substance of these orders may be given in a few words: Carry out our plan in the way you may think best. I knew the man I was giving orders to.
Two superb figures the lay preacher, Hans Nilsen, and Skipper Worse surpass all that the author had hitherto produced, in depth of conception and brilliancy of execution.
Hardy had taken a travelling rug for Helga to sit on, and Nils Nilsen towed the boat up the river, while Hardy fished with a minnow and caught a few trout. When they reached the shallows, which Hardy usually fished with a fly, he sent the boys on land to cast from the bank, and Nils Nilsen took the pole to punt the boat slowly down the stream.
It looks rather as if this land was connected with the masses of land and immense mountain-chains that Amundsen found near the Pole. We see new problems looming up. But it was not only these journeys over ice-sheets and mountain-ranges that were carried out in masterly fashion. Our gratitude is also due to Captain Nilsen and his men.
When Nilsen came to him with the news: "Singleton says he will die," he answered him by a spiteful "And so will you you fat-headed Dutchman. Wish you Dutchmen were all dead 'stead comin' takin' our money inter your starvin' country." We were appalled. We perceived that after all Singleton's answer meant nothing. We began to hate him for making fun of us.
Business of one kind and another compelled me to go to Christiania, leaving the Fram in charge of Lieutenant Nilsen. They had their hands more than full on board. Diesel's firm in Stockholm sent their experienced fitter, Aspelund, who at once set to work to overhaul the motor thoroughly. The work that had to be done was executed gratis by the Laxevaag engineering works.
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