From time to time Thinka told of all that she and the student had talked about together.
"What did he say then?" urged Inger-Johanna.
"Oh, he was entertaining almost all the time; I have never heard any one so entertaining."
"Yes, but do you remember that he said anything?"
"Oh, yes, he asked why you were reading French. Perhaps you were to be trained to be a parrot, so that you could chatter when you came to the city.
"So,—how did he know that I was going to the city?"
"He asked how old you were; and then I said that you were to be confirmed and to go there. He was very well acquainted at the governor's house; he had done extra writing, or something of that sort, at the office, since he had been a student."
"That kind of acquaintance, yes."
"But you wouldn't suit exactly there, he said; and do you know why?"
"No."