"
"No, don't let us talk about that, please. Glahn, I have been thinking
of you; you could take off your jacket and get wet through for another's
sake; I come to you ..."
I shrugged my shoulders and went on:
"I should advise you to take the Doctor instead. What have you against
him? A man in the prime of life, and a clever head--you should think it
over."
"Oh, but do listen a minute ..."
Asop, my dog, was waiting for me in the hut. I took off my cap, bowed
to her again, and said:
"Fair one, I give you farewell."
And I started off.
She gave a cry:
"Oh, you are tearing my heart out. I came to you to-day; I waited for
you here, and I smiled when you came. I was nearly out of my mind
yesterday, because of something I had been thinking of all the time; my
head was in a whirl, and I thought of you all the time. To-day I was
sitting at home, and someone came in; I did not look up, but I knew who
it was. 'I rowed half a mile to-day,' he said. 'Weren't you tired?' I
asked. 'Oh yes, very tired, and it blistered my hands,' he said, and was
very concerned about it. And I thought: Fancy being concerned about
that! A little after he said: 'I heard someone whispering outside my
window last night; it was your maid and one of the store men talking
very intimately indeed.
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