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At last one gave a deep groan, and another declared that the spirits of the fiord were against them, and there was no doubt that their boat was now lying twenty fathoms deep at the bottom of the creek, drawn down by the strong hand of an angry water-spirit. Oddo squeezed Erica's little hand as he heard this. If it had been light enough, he would have seen that even she was smiling.
I can't see the boat," answered the foremost man. "You can't miss her," said one behind, "unless the brandy has got into your eyes." "So I should have said; but I do miss her. It is very incomprehensible to me." Oddo shook with stifled laughter as he partly saw and partly overheard the perplexity of these men.
Of Braccio remained Oddo, his son, from whom the pope took Perugia, and left him the state of Montone alone; but he was shortly afterward slain in Romagna, in the service of the Florentines; so that of those who had fought under Braccio, Niccolo Piccinino remained of greatest reputation.
He thought he could reach the boat, and Oddo led the way, bidding him not mind his being without clothes till they could find him some. Glad was the old man to hear his boy's call from the water: and his face lighted up with wonder and pleasure when he heard that Rolf was not far behind. He lent a hand to help him into the boat, and asked no questions till he had given him food and drink.
He was instructing Oddo in the making of the tall boots of the country; and Oddo was so eager to have a pair in which he might walk knee-deep in the snow when the frosts should be over, that he gave all his attention to the work. Peder was twisting strips of leather, thin and narrow, into whips.
Oddo saw how Erica shuddered. He put his finger on his lips, but Erica needed no reminding of the necessity of quietness. The other two men then rose; and, after a consultation, the words of which could not be heard, all stepped ashore one after another, and climbed a rocky pathway. "Now, now!" whispered Erica. "Now we can get away!" "Not without the boat," said Oddo.
"It is but little, my child, that the wisest of us knows: but there is a whole eternity before us, every one, to grow wise in. Some," and she looked towards Oddo, "may outgrow their mistakes here; and others," looking at old Peder, "are travelling fast towards a place where everybody is wiser than years or education can make us here.
Olaf assured her that he would hear no complaints from another till he had given her the first-fruits of his wisdom in this district of his rounds. Hund was only inquiring of him where the pirate-schooner was, having slid down from the height, as fast as his snow-skaits would carry him, on hearing the news from Oddo.
"The wind must have just changed," said Oddo, pulling exhausting strokes, as the fog marched towards them over the water, like a solid and immeasurably lofty wall. "The wind must have gone right round in a minute." "To be sure, since you said what you did of Nipen," replied Erica, bitterly. Oddo made no answer, but he did what he could.
They will wait ashore till we call for them again." "I will leave you my supper if you will wait for us here, on this headland," said Oddo to the men. The men could make no other objection than that they were certain the boat would never return.
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