I remember, you are
interested in business matters. When you come down tomorrow I will take
you around and show you how we do it. We will all go--you and Aagot and
myself--we three old friends."
"I thought I heard my name?" said Aagot merrily and joined them. "Yes, I
did; don't try to fool me, Ole. It seems to me it is my turn to speak a
little with Coldevin; you have had him to yourself long enough, Ole."
And she took Ole's chair and sat down.
"The letters from home are full of questions about you. Mamma asked me to
see that you were comfortable at your hotel."
Coldevin's lips quivered again, and he said, with his eyes on the floor:
"How can you bother with such things now? Don't worry about me; I am very
comfortable. I hope you are enjoying yourself? Though I hardly need to ask
you that."
"But, do you know, there are times when I am longing for home, too. Can
you understand that?"
"That is only the first few days--It will be a little hard never to see
you again, Miss Aagot--I mean a little--that is--"
"You talk so strangely to-night," she said. "You almost make me want to
cry; honestly you do."
"But, dear Miss Aagot--"
"To get married isn't the same as to die, I'm sure.
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