360 'GOD'S PEACE-
21°' OF MARCH.
- XXIV T HAVE got my papers from the capital, the
X papers without which one cannot marry even on Rough-Hill. ' I see from these necessary papers that during the first years of my life I was vaccinated, and that the operation was considered successful. Heaven be praised, or I might otherwise not have been permitted to enter into holy wedlock.
To-morrow, or the day after, begins the demoli- tion of the mill. The old man was quite in good spirits this evening.
22° OF MARCH.
SfXXV /^~^ RETA has been hurt this morning by the V_T mill. The doctor gives fair hope.
THE EVENING OF THE SAME DAY.
XXVI A FRESH storm blew up last night, though it jTy did not seem very windy to me when I went up to the mill this morning, but perhaps I did not take much notice of the weather.
When from the wood I reached the crest of the hill, I saw Greta standing near the mill between the wings, just as I saw her that first day I came to Rough-Hill. I thought to myself, ' Then the work- men have not come yet ; but it was perhaps too early.' And I thought further that Greta had probably gone up to the mill to say good-bye. She did not see me ; she gazed out over the fjord. I swung my hat and called to her, but she did not hear me ; she stood in deep thought, and most likely the wind carried away my words.
