Home for a minute at this
time of night? Fru Heyerdahl has a good deal to say about that. And
in the morning there is a scene. Brede is sent for, and Fru Heyerdahl
asks: "Was Barbro at home with you last night--at three o'clock?"
Brede is unprepared, but answers: "Three o'clock? Yes, yes, quite
right. We sat up late, there was something we had to talk about," says
Brede.
The Lensmand's lady then solemnly declares that Barbro shall go out no
more at nights.
"No, no," says Brede.
"Not as long as she's in this house."
"No, no; there, you can see, Barbro, I told you so," says her father.
"You can go and see your parents now and then during the day," says
her mistress.
But Fru Heyerdahl was wide awake enough, and her suspicion was not
gone; she waited a week, and tried at four in the morning. "Barbro!"
she called. Oh, but this time 'twas Cook's turn out, and Barbro was at
home; the maids' room was a nest of innocence. Her mistress had to hit
on something in a hurry.
"Did you take in the washing last night?"
"Yes.
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