No, not very often. He went over the lighthouse one day; that is how I came to know him. And afterwards we used to meet occasionally. But then came this affair about the captain; and he had to go away.

Wangel.

Oh yes, let me hear about that!

Ellida.

It was in the dusk of the early morning that I got a line from him. It said that I must come out to him at Bratthammer[[19]]—you know, the headland between the lighthouse and Skioldvik.

Wangel.

Yes, yes—I know it well.

Ellida.

I must come there immediately, the note said for he wanted to speak to me.

Wangel.