"And now go to bed yourself, Oscar, and sleep, if you can, until this time to-morrow."
"I will--I will. Thank you, doctor, thank you a thousand times."
Meanwhile Anna was in the bureau telling the glad news to the Governor, and then running about the house to find some one to carry it to the Factor.
"I'll go, mother," said a voice from the kitchen.
"Goodness! Is that you, Magnus? When did you come?"
"About eleven o'clock last night."
"Then you were here before Oscar?"
"Golden Mane gallops fast, mother."
"And what have you been doing in the kitchen?"
"Carrying the wood and boiling the water for Margret Neilsen."