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Updated: June 1, 2025
She was taking her mother's place and visiting Hoel as a spinning woman. Lisbeth's mother, whose name was Randi, had worked hard for the last four years to get food for herself and her children up at Peerout Castle. Before that the family had been in very comfortable circumstances; but the father had died, leaving the mother with the castle, one cow, and the care of the two children.
Whether or not her illness was caused, as she thought, by drinking so much black coffee, certain it is that when Kjersti Hoel's wool was all spun Randi felt a tightness in her chest, and when she got up the next morning and tried to get ready to go to Hoel with the spinning, she was seized with such a sudden dizziness that she had to go back to bed again. She was too weak for anything else.
Hans had spoken quietly, though Randi's words must have been very irritating to him. This made both the old people feel that he was a fine fellow, and that they had two wrongs to make good again. Thus it came about that Endrid said: "Let us take time and think things over; can't you stay here and have dinner with us? Then we can talk a little." And Randi added: "Come away here and sit down."
Then Randi raised herself on her elbow and looked straight in front of her for a little, still sobbing after the fit of crying. "No, no,!" she said, "I'm going to church." Once more she lay back and cried for a little, and then she got up. She said that she would have no more music, so the fiddlers were dismissed and the story did not lose in their telling when they got among the crowd.
The payment for the spinning was to be in eatables as well as money, and Lisbeth could bring home part of what was due. Then, though they still might lack many things, their drop of coffee could have cream in it, as coffee ought to have. The remainder of the payment and the directions for the next spinning Randi herself could get when she was better.
Yes, as surely as they themselves were a work of ours, they could but we must help too, with repentance, with gratitude! And before Randi knew what was happening, she could pray again, bowing in deep humility and contrition before the Lord, who had once more shown her what she was without Him.
"Nay!" answered Randi, And boxing him smartly, Dashed off, crying tartly: "Take that now and go!" "Up, youngsters!" cried the school-master; "this is the first day, so you shall be let off early; but first we must say a prayer and sing." The whole school was now alive; the little folks jumped down from the benches, ran across the floor and all spoke at once.
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