"Yes, of marriage."
"And I am of your opinion, for to speak candidly, whom could you marry?"
"I do not know; there is the parish tailor, who has already spoken to Magde about it—"
"The parish tailor!—Aha!"
"And Captain Larsson who owns a sloop, offered Ragnar two barrels of rye flour if he would speak a good word to me about him."
"Two barrels of rye flour as a bribe! And your brother's reply?"
"O, Ragnar is not to be played with," replied Nanna; "'if you wish to purchase my sister,' said he, 'you had better speak to her yourself, she has not authorized me to sell her.'"
"So you have two lovers!"
"Yes, and the sexton, an old widower, is the third. He has considerable wealth, and therefore applied to my father, himself."
"Without success?"