“No, thanks all the same. I've got to be in town tomorrow.”
Fruen thinks for a bit and then says:
“Elisabeth's in town. You might take a parcel in for her—something she's forgotten.”
That gives me the address! I thought to myself.
“But I've got to get it ready first.”
“Then Frøken Elisabeth might be gone again before I got there?”
“Oh no, she's with Fru Falkenberg, and they're staying in town for the week.”
This was grand news, joyous news. Now I had both the address and the time.
Fruen stands watching me sideways, and says:
“Well, then, you'll stay the night, won't you? You see, it's something I've got to get ready first....”