Mrs. Tjaelde. Are you wearing that dress to-day?
Signe. Yes.
Mrs. Tjaelde. You have worn a different one every day.
Signe. Well, if Hamar is tired of both the blue one and the grey one, what can I do?
Hamar. And I don't like this one any better than the others.
Signe. Indeed!—Then I really think you had better order me one yourself.
Hamar. Come to town with me, and I will!
Signe. Yes, mother—Hamar and I have made up our minds that we must go back to town. [Note: There would be nothing contrary to Norwegian ideas of propriety in Signe's proposal. In Norway an engaged couple could travel alone; and the fiancée would go to stay in the house of her future husband's relations.]
Mrs. Tjaelde. But you were there only a fortnight ago!
Hamar. And it is exactly a fortnight too long since we were there!