“Oh yes!” said Nils, with a gesture of profound incredulity.
“Go and look for Ulph, then, and tell him—”
“But, M. Goefle, you spoke also about the Snow Man!”
“So we did! You listen to everything that is said, it seems. That is very agreeable.”
“Oh yes, monsieur!” replied Nils, ingenuously; “I listen to everything.”
“And what is the Snow Man, in your opinion?”
“I don’t know. The pastor whispered to you, laughing: ‘So you are going to see the Snow Man?’”
“He was talking, I suppose, about some mountain that has that name.”
“Oh, no indeed! For you said: ‘Does he walk as straight as ever?’ and the pastor said: ‘He is always hunting on his lake.’ Oh, I understand Swedish just as well as Dalecarlian!”
“And what do you think from that?”