Ovind looked down, and breathed heavily and quickly.
"Tell me, Ovind."
Still no answer.
"You perhaps feel ashamed to confess it before you are confirmed, but tell me anyhow, and you will never regret it."
Ovind looked up but he could not say a word, and his eyes fell again.
"You are not light-hearted as you were; does she care for any one more than you?"
Ovind was still silent, the schoolmaster felt a little hurt, and turned away; then they went back.
When they had gone some distance, the schoolmaster waited till Ovind got up to him,--"You wish very much, that you were confirmed," said he.
"Yes."
"What do you then intend to do?"