Magnus was standing
beside the minister talking to him, and when the pane broke he said
that the spirit had gone out by that. The minister went to the
window, and saw that the pane was all broken into little pieces. The
following evening, the 21st, the spirit also made its presence known
by bangings, thumpings, and loud noises.
On the 28th the ongoings of the spirit surpassed themselves. In the
evening a great blow was given on the roof of the sitting-room. The
minister was inside at the time, but Magnus with two girls was out in
the barn. At the same moment the partition between the weaving-shop
and the sitting-room was broken down, and then three windows of the
room itself--one above the minister's bed, another above his writing-
table, and the third in front of the closet door. A piece of a table
was thrown in at one of these, and a spade at another. At this the
household ran out of that room into the loft, but the minister sprang
downstairs and out; the old woman Gudrun who was named before went
with him, and there also came Magnus and some of the others. Just
then a vessel of wash, which had been standing in the kitchen, was
thrown at Gudrun's head.
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