Mary followed him and opened the door. As she entered Frans exclaimed, as if he had had difficulty in keeping silence so long: "What a beautiful home!" Noticing the dog's continued attentions, he added: "And how much you are thought of in it!" His face lighted up.
"You are in uniform!" she exclaimed.
"Yes. I was at a wedding when I was sent for." He laughed.
The uniform had suggested a thought to Mary. With the dog tugging at her dress, she said, looking brightly up into Frans Röy's face: "It will not be the first time that a general of engineers has lived at Krogskogen."
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