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She was both happy and sad; now she smiled and now she cried, andsometimes both
at once.
Admit that I am Hassan or I will send you to where you will learnthat
I am no liar, I said quietly.
I said:Woman, if you try to scream, I will kill
you. She obeyed, though then she sat exposed, and I took the double-barrelled
gun and held it ready.
I didnt let on anything; I said good-day to old and
young, but I madeno difference. When he was deadI took his body and threw it
out into the bush, having firststripped him.
Rasmus, said she, now youre going
to leave, and then its hardlylikely well see each other again. And now you keep
your mouthsshut till the rope opens them. But what was within it which escapes
at last and isno more seen? She stared at me, saying:You are not my master.
Sothe men got down and walked, now and then, with the bridle rein thrownover
their arm.
But as he does to us, so itshall be done to him and his. There they
stoodhuddled together behind the Arabs, staring. To contact Project Gutenberg
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Copenhagen where fishwivesused to offer their wares. Hartand may be reprinted
only when these eBooks are free of all fees. From it, for the sake of accuracy,
I will quote some passages. Poor students were given their dinnerscertain days
in the week in the homes of prosperous families. Dorph got most of
hisinformation from the gypsy whom Blicher calls the professor. Admit that I am
Hassan or I will send you to where you will learnthat I am no liar, I said
quietly. Others stood silent,and a big fellow began to put a cap upon his gun.
The light of the rising sun struck into the tent. At the dawn one of his women
crept into the tent to visit him. Now Im giving youthis over and above your
ration, said I.
But as he does to us, so itshall be done to him and his. So
swiftly do they come andgo, and so dark is the background, that we never
discern themclearly.
Well, its no use spending a lot of words on these
doings.
Helle, said I, he must have a decent burial.
For let it be understood
at once that I was by no means thechief actor in this business. I returned to
the tent of Hassanand sat there thinking.
But the Holiday Eve I have told about
ended happily at Aunsbjerg, andmost happily of all at Uannet.
The second
morning when wewere going to start, she came out in the stable where I was
busycurrying.
Helle had hardly been out of my thoughts on the whole march. Very
well, said he, you and Jens will have to settle it.
Jens whinnied when he saw
me and smelt the bread.
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it, for the sake of accuracy, I will quote some passages.
Idont know where we
were, but we didnt see anything of the war.
There they stoodhuddled together
behind the Arabs, staring.
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