His face was convulsed with passion, and his eyes
glanced irefully upon the surprised Fabian.
"Simpleton! you trespass upon my good nature!" exclaimed Mr. Fabian,
foaming with rage.
"Do I?" replied Carl, "perhaps I shall trespass upon something else. Do
you know, sir, what I shall say when the justice questions me?"
"What would you say, good Carl?" inquired Magde, encouragingly.
"I would say, for I know exactly how it will come to pass, I would
humbly say to the justice, that I did take the hares and partridges from
the proprietor of Almvik."
"Yes," interrupted Mr. Fabian, "you will be obliged to show your hand."
"'Now,' the judge will reply," continued Carl, without noticing the
interruption, "'My lad, why did you do so?' Then I will answer, because
it is not forbidden in my catechism; if the game had been an ox or an
ass, I would not have taken it. Then I would say to the justice, at the
same time looking at him in this way"--and Carl made such a ridiculous
grimace that Magde nearly laughed outright--"that there was no danger
that Mr.
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