Ellida.
[Lays the bouquet on the table.] No, just so. Not to outsiders.
Lyngstrand.
I promise faithfully I won't mention it to a living creature.
Ellida.
Oh, I didn't mean it in that way.—But how are you now? I think you are looking better than you did.
Lyngstrand.
Yes, I think I am getting on quite well. And next year, if I can get to the south
Ellida.
The girls tell me you hope to manage it.
Lyngstrand.
Yes; you see I have a patron in Bergen who provides for me; and he has promised to let me go next year.
Ellida.
How did you come across him?
Lyngstrand.
Oh, it was a great stroke of luck. I once went a voyage in one of his ships.
Ellida.
Did you? Then at that time you wanted to be a sailor?
Lyngstrand.
No, not in the least. But after my mother died, my father wouldn't have me hanging about
