CHAPTER VI
THE CAPITAL
Erik left for Stockholm. When he was gone, Greta missed him sadly. She missed his happy singing.
Now the only songs she heard were the Baron's laments and her mother's pleading, "When are you going to set your wedding date, Greta?"
To the Baron she replied as sympathetically as she could. To her mother she continued to answer, "Give me a little more time."
At last, however, both Fru Hansson and the Baron began to be annoyed. They wanted to send out wedding invitations. They could not understand why Greta kept delaying the wedding date. And poor Greta realized that she could not delay it much longer, that she must soon give in.
Erik, however, had not forgotten his decision to ask help of Herr Banker. He was, in fact, going that very evening to Herr Banker's home in Stockholm. But all day long, he and his schoolmates were busy sightseeing in the historic city.
STATUE OF KING GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS IN GOTHENBURG