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Louise bent herself with sisterly affection over him; tears flowed down her cheeks; her voice trembled, but it was tranquillizing, like the consolation of a good angel. With a glance full of confidence in her, Otto tore himself away. Sidsel followed him and said not a word.
Besides, it is not long since one bullock nearly gored the cowherd to death. He also gored Sidsel a great hole in her arm just lately: you remember the girl with her eyebrows grown together?" "There is also in the wood a wild sow, with eleven sucking pigs!" said Sophie, in ironical gravity; "it would not be agree able to meet with her!"
It fell upon thy shoulder and thou couldst not catch it!" said the first lover to his lady, and stuck the rose into his waistcoat-pocket. All got partners all the girls; even the children, they leaped about to their own singing out upon the bridge. Only ONE stood forlorn, Sidsel, with the grown-together eyebrows; she smiled, laughed aloud; no one would become her partner.
I cannot, however, rightly reconcile it to myself!" "She is innocent!" said Otto; and it amazed him that any one should cast the slightest suspicion on Eva. He thought of German Heinrich and Sidsel, who alone appeared to him suspicious. There then occurred to him an experiment of which he had heard from Rosalie.
But he who confides in God can never despair the only thing that was now to be done was to obtain the key of the chamber where Sidsel was confined, and then when all in the house were asleep he would dare that which must be done. Courage and tranquillity return into every powerful soul when it once sees the possibility of accomplishing its work.
"I fancy Meg Merrilies, as my sister calls Sidsel," said he, "has made a conquest of the conjuror, although he might be her father. They have been walking together down the avenue; they have been whispering a deal together; probably he will to-night sleep in one of the barns. I must go and look after him; he will be lying there and smoking his pipe, and may set our whole place on fire.
"Yes, see you, she is my best beloved; she shall be my wife: but your sister she is for all that, and that remains so!" "Thou couldst easily give me a little before thou settest off on thy journey!" said Sidsel, who seemed excited by Heinrich's words, and put forth her painted face. Otto glanced at her with contracted eyebrows.
"It goes on badly at the hall," said Heinrich. "Sidsel is really put in prison, and will be taken to-morrow to Odense, to the red house by the river." "It is what she has deserved!" said Otto. "I did not bring it about." "O no!" answered Heinrich; "in a certain way we bring nothing about; but you can put in a good word for her. You must see that this punishment does not befall her."
"Only silently and circumspectly!" said Otto. "I should not have expected theft from you!" said she. "But tell me why you do it?" Otto trembled; it was impossible for him to tell her his reasons, or to express the word, "Thou art my sister!" His lips were silent. "To many a fellow," said she, "have I been kinder than I ought to have been, but see whether any of them think about Sidsel!
It was Sidsel, who sat upon the steps of a stile almost concealed in the darkness, which the trees and the hedge increased still more. "Has Sidsel no lover?" asked Wilhelm. "Hi, hi, hi," simpered she; "the Herr Baron and the other gentleman seek, doubtless, for a little bride. Am I beautiful enough? At night all cats are gray!" "Come!" whispered Otto, and drew Wilhelm away from her.
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