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Matters were not improved by Mons coming down the steps with a beautifully pious expression, and holding a ten-krone note over his chest. "It's all one now," said Erik; "for we've got to have the dog with us!" Mons' face underwent a sudden change, and he began to swear. They pulled the carts about without getting anything done, and their eyes gleamed with anger.
"Well, I'll send you word when she's to be buried," said Kalle, when they got outside the house. "Yes, do! And if you should be in want of a ten-krone note for the funeral, let me know. Good-bye, then!" Grandmother's funeral was still like a bright light behind everything that one thought and did.
He hauled out a large purse. "I've still got the ten-krone that the bailiff cheated me out of on May Day, but I haven't the heart to use it; I'm going to keep it until I grow old." He put his hand into the empty purse and pretended to take something out and show it. The others laughed and joked, and all were in good spirits with the thought of the trip to town.
"He is good, isn't he, mother?" said Kalle, stroking her face. "And so well-dressed he is too!" exclaimed Lasse. "Yes, he takes care of his money. He's not dissipated, like his father; and he's not afraid of parting with a ten-krone note when he's at home here on a visit."
"Well, I'll send you word when she's to be buried," said Kalle, when they got outside the house. "Yes, do! And if you should be in want of a ten-krone note for the funeral, let me know. Good-bye, then!" Grandmother's funeral was still like a bright light behind everything that one thought and did.
"He is good, isn't he, mother?" said Kalle, stroking her face. "And so well-dressed he is too!" exclaimed Lasse. "Yes, he takes care of his money. He's not dissipated, like his father; and he's not afraid of parting with a ten-krone note when he's at home here on a visit."
Matters were not improved by Mons coming down the steps with a beautifully pious expression, and holding a ten-krone note over his chest. "It's all one now," said Erik; "for we've got to have the dog with us!" Mons' face underwent a sudden change, and he began to swear. They pulled the carts about without getting anything done, and their eyes gleamed with anger.
Fourteen or fifteen, I suppose?" "Yes; but two take their mother's milk, like the parson's wife's chickens; so that's all saved. And if things became difficult, one's surely man enough to wring a few pence out of one's nose?" He seized his nose and gave it a rapid twist, and held out his hand. A folded ten-krone note lay in it.
Fourteen or fifteen, I suppose?" "Yes; but two take their mother's milk, like the parson's wife's chickens; so that's all saved. And if things became difficult, one's surely man enough to wring a few pence out of one's nose?" He seized his nose and gave it a rapid twist, and held out his hand. A folded ten-krone note lay in it.
He hauled out a large purse. "I've still got the ten-krone that the bailiff cheated me out of on May Day, but I haven't the heart to use it; I'm going to keep it until I grow old." He put his hand into the empty purse and pretended to take something out and show it. The others laughed and joked, and all were in good spirits with the thought of the trip to town.
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