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gayly�察 �we   still boast   a parsonage�察  �as   you   will presently  discover�察  �and   a 

very   bright     and   cozy    one�察  �to  boot。    But�察   �whatever     you    do�察 �have    the 

goodness to release Augusta's hand。               Don't you see how desperately she 

is struggling�察�poor thing�拭─�

     Strand dropped   the   hand   as   if it   had   been   a   hot   coal�察 �blushed to   the 

edge   of   his   hair�察 �and   made   another   profound   reverence。        He   was   a   tall�察�

huge´limbed   youth�察  �with   a   frame   of   gigantic   mold�察  �and   a   large�察  �blonde�察�

shaggy head�察 �like  that of some   good´natured antediluvian   animal�察 �which 

might feel the disadvantages of its size amid the puny beings of this later 

stage    of   creation。    There     was    a  frank   directness     in  his  gaze�察   �and   an 

unconsciousness of self�察�which made him very winning�察�and which could 

not   fail   of   its   effect   upon   a   girl   who�察  �like   Augusta�察  �was   fond   of  the 

uncommon�察 �and hated smooth�察 �facile   and   well´tailored   young   men�察 �with 

the   labels   of   society   and   fashion   upon   their   coats�察  �their   mustaches�察  �and 



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their    speech。    And      Strand�察  �with    his  large   sun´burned      face�察  �his  wild´ 

growing   beard�察  �blue   woolen   shirt�察  �top   boots�察  �and   unkempt   appearance 

generally�察    �was    a  sufficiently    startling   phenomenon        to  satisfy   even    so 

exacting   a   fancy   as   hers�察  �for�察  �after   reading   his   book   about   the   Wading 

Birds�察   �she   had    made    up   her   mind    that   he   must   have    few    points   of 

resemblance   to   the   men   who had hitherto   formed   part   of her   own   small 

world�察�although she had not until now decided just in what way he was to 

differ。 

     ;Suppose   I   help   you   carry   your   knapsack�察─  �said   Arnfinn�察  �who   was 

flitting about like a small nimble spaniel trying to make friends with some 

large�察   �good´natured      Newfoundland。         ;You     must    be   very   tired�察 �having 

roamed about in this Quixotic fashion� ─�

     ;No�察    �I  thank   you�察─   �responded      Strand�察  �with    an   incredulous     laugh�察�

glancing   alternately  from Arnfinn   to   the  knapsack�察  �as   if   estimating   their 

proportionate       weight。    ;I   am    afraid   you   would     rue   your   bargain    if  I 

accepted it。; 

     ;I suppose you have a great many stuffed birds at home�察─�remarked the 

girl�察�looking with self´forgetful admiration at the large brawny figure。 

     ;No�察�I have hardly any�察─�answered he�察�seating himself on the ground�察�

and pulling a thick note´book from his pocket。                   ;I prefer live creatures。 

Their   anatomical       and   physiological      peculiarities   have    been    studied    by 

others�察    �and    volumes      have    been     written    about    them。      It    is  their 

psychological traits�察�ii   you will   allow  the expression�察 �which interest   me�察�

and those I can only get at while they are alive。; 

     ;How delightful� ─�

     Some minutes later they were all on their way to the Parsonage。                      The 

sun�察  �in   spite   of   its   mid´   summer   wakefulness�察  �was   getting   red´eyed   and 

drowsy�察�and the purple mists which hung in scattered fragments upon the 

forest    below    had    lost  something      of  their   deep´tinged     brilliancy。    But 

Augusta�察  �quite   blind   to   the   weakened   light   effects�察  �looked   out   upon   the 

broad      landscape     in   ecstasy�察   �and�察   �appealing     to   her    more    apathetic 

companions�察  �invited   them   to   share   her   joy   at   the   beauty   of   the   faint´ 

flushed summer night。 

     ;You are getting quite dithyrambic�察�my dear�察─�remarked Arnfinn�察�with 



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an   air   of   cousinly  superiority�察  �which   he   felt   was   eminently  becoming   to 

him�察�and Augusta looked up with quick surprise�察�then smiled in an absent 

way�察�and forgot what she had been saying。              She had no suspicion but that 

her enthusiasm had been all for the sunset。 



                                              III。 



       In a life so outwardly barren and monotonous as Augusta'sa life in 

which the small external events were so firmly interwoven with the subtler 

threads of yearnings�察�wants�察�and desires the introduction of so large and 

novel a fact as Marcus Strand would naturally produce some perceptible 

result。    It was that deplorable inward restlessness of hers�察�she reasoned�察�

which had hitherto made her existence seem so empty and unsatisfactory�察�

but now his presence filled the hours�察�and the newness of his words�察�his 

manner�察�and his whole person afforded inexhaustible material for thought。 

It was now a week since his arrival�察�and while Arnfinn and Inga chatted at 

leisure�察�drew caricatures�察�or read aloud to each other in some shady nook 

of the garden�察�she and Strand would roam along the beach�察�filling the vast 

unclouded horizon with large glowing images of the future of the human 

race。    He   always   listened   in   sympathetic   silence   while   she   unfolded   to 

him her often childishly daring schemes for the amelioration of suffering 

and the righting of social wrongs�察�and when she had finished�察�and he met 

the earnest appeal of her dark eye�察�there would often be a pause�察�during 

which each�察�with a half unconscious lapse from the impersonal�察�would feel 

more   keenly   the   joy   of   this   new   and   delicious   mental   companionship。 

And      when    at   length    he   answered�察    �sometimes       gently   refuting    and 

sometimes       assenting    to  her   proposition�察    �it  was   always    with   a   slow�察�

deliberate earnestness�察�as if he felt but her deep sincerity�察�and forgot for 

the   moment   her   sex�察  �her   youth�察  �and   her   inexperience。    It   was   just   this 

kind of fellowship for which she had hungered so long�察�and her heart went 

out with a great gratitude toward this strong and generous man�察�who was 

willing   to   recognize   her   humanity�察  �and   to   respond   with   an   ever´ready 

frankness�察  �unmixed       with   petty   suspicions    and   second   thoughts�察    �to  the 

eager needs of her half´ starved nature。            It is quite characteristic�察�too�察�of 



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the   type   of   womanhood   which Augusta   represents   ��and   with   which   this 

broad   continent   of   ours   abounds���察  �that�察  �with   her   habitual   disregard   of 

appearances�察�she would have scorned the notion that their intercourse had 

any ultimate end beyond that of mutual pleasure and instruction。 

     It   was   early  in   the   morning   in   the   third   week   of   Strand's stay  at   the 

Parsonage。       A heavy dew had fallen during the night�察�and each tiny grass´ 

blade glistened in the sun�察�bending under the weight of its liquid diamond。 

The   birds   were   improvising   a   miniature   symphony   in   the   birches   at   the 

end of the garden�察�the song´ thrush warbled with a sweet melancholy his 

long´drawn        contralto    notes�察  �the   lark�察  �like   a  prima    donna�察    �hovering 

conspicuously  in   mid   air�察  �poured   forth   her   joyous   soprano   solo�察  �and   the 

robin�察   �quite   unmindful      of   the  tempo�察    �filled  out   the   pauses    with   his 

thoughtless staccato chirp。         Augusta�察�who was herself the early bird of the 

pastor's family�察�had paid a visit to the little bath´house down at the brook�察�

and   was   now   hurrying   h

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