But Itell you that if you force Cecil to take
anyone else, you sin greatlyagainst both her and me. You are not likely to keep her
long, I said.
I stole out of my own bed and overto
Cecils.
Alackaday, the happy desert is both mine andthine,
is everybodys and nobodys.
Under their steady pulling, the small craft glided
over the surface ofthe water. The last waverose like a mountain from the
abyss.
She sat rocking herself quickly back and forthand
moved her hands as if she were spinning.
Somehow Ifelt that there was something wrong. No
wind was noticeable, but the incessant roaring of the oceansounded
louder.
Try to lie down and die as soon as youcan, for Mads
Egelund is trying to get there first. There was great sorrow and lamentation both
here and at Esbens.
God forgiveyou, Michel Kraensen, he said, for what
you have done against us twohuman beings. He stretched out his arm; now I saw the
unfortunate ship, little morethan a gunshot from us. When she awakened, her mind had
comeback.
I have had a strange dream; it seemed to me I was
in heaven, and Esbenwas with me. No, she said, I cant see him today, but tomorrow I
amsure he will come.
The second bar was passed in thesame
way.
ButI could see nothing, and my anxiety grew. I
stole out of my own bed and overto Cecils. The old man, who was standing nearme,
cried, If she can stand that, she can stand anything! She sat on thebench as pale as
a whited wall, and her eyes were staring. Then all sprang up just asquickly and
caught each other by the hand.
The old man, who was standing nearme, cried, If she
can stand that, she can stand anything! To my great surprise the sea was not
verymuch disturbed.