I have read of many such cases; and some still live in the
memory of the people of this parish, and those who relate these
stories, and are moved by them, are the children of the very persons
who once caused all the mischief. Yes, Marit, now we two will join
hands, so; yes, and we will promise each other to cling together, so;
yes, and now it will all come right. Hurrah!"
He was about to take hold of her head, but she turned it away and
glided down off the stone.
He kept his seat; she came back, and leaning her arms on his knee,
stood talking with him, looking up into his face.
"Listen, Oyvind; what if he is determined I shall leave home, how
then?"
"Then you must say No, right out."
"Oh, dear! how would that be possible?"
"He cannot carry you out to the carriage."
"If he does not quite do that, he can force me in many other ways."
"That I do not believe; you owe obedience, to be sure, as long as it is
not a sin; but it is also your duty to let him fully understand how
hard it is for you to be obedient this time. I am sure he will change
his mind when he sees this; now he thinks, like most people, that it is
only childish nonsense. Prove to him that it is something more."
"He is not to be trifled with, I can assure you. He watches me like a
tethered goat."
"But you tug at the tether several times a day."
"That is not true.
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