"
"As the error has already been committed--"
"What error?"
"That you should have been taught more than you ought to know; but
still, it is now too late to repent as you have already learned a
little, and I do not think there will be any harm in teaching you more."
"Who will teach me?"
"I shall of course.--I have an idea."
Nanna glanced inquiringly towards her companion. "You might be able," he
continued, "to earn a little competency for yourself; would you be
willing to become a school-teacher?"
"O, yes, nothing could be better! Then I would not be obliged to think
of--of--"
"Of marriage?"
"Yes, of marriage."
"And I am of your opinion, for to speak candidly, whom could you
marry?"
"I do not know; there is the parish tailor, who has already spoken to
Magde about it--"
"The parish tailor!--Aha!"
"And Captain Larsson who owns a sloop, offered Ragnar two barrels of rye
flour if he would speak a good word to me about him."
"Two barrels of rye flour as a bribe! And your brother's reply?"
"O, Ragnar is not to be played with," replied Nanna; "'if you wish to
purchase my sister,' said he, 'you had better speak to her yourself, she
has not authorized me to sell her.
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