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LETTERS. 169
bonnets with gauze ribbons of various colors, with shawls,
caps, gigot-sleeves, and curls, quite like the better trades-
men’s wives in Stockholm. I went into the church and
waited to see if the service accorded with their progress in
fashion ; but, oh dear! oh dear! quite the reverse. The
music was absolutely barbarous, and the sermon so stupid
and dull that one could have wept over it. The clergy-
man, a young man of respectable appearance, was smartly
dressed, and looked very well in his broad frill @ la Henri
Quatre, which belongs to the priests’ canonicals here. The
service was different from the Swedish; but, in my opinion,
not to the Norwegians’ advantage.
Iam glad that you liked the easy-chair which I bought
out of the profits of my book. “ Nina” just owed her kind
patroness this proof of her gratitude. That you, my dear
mother, from the beginning have liked her so much, has
been a great comfort and pleasure to me. It seems now
as if others would follow your example. From east and
west I have flattering notices of her being taken into favor
and honor. Yet she has many faults, and above all there
is one which I would give much to be able to take away,
and that is in reference to Edla. “The Neighbors” also
has many faults, and I sincerely acknowledge them and all
my great short-comings and imperfections ; but still I have
good hopes for future “ Sketches.”
Toms, Easter Eve, 1837.
What shall I give you, dearest Charlotte, for all the good
and pleasant things which your letter contained. My life
is so quiet and monotonous outwardly, that the description
of one day would do for them all. Inwardly it is certainly
living and stirring enough; and during three fourths of the
day, while alone in my room, I feel how foolish it would
have been of me if I had married, because I see with pain
how short and insufficient are the days and years for all
that I wish and require to learn, and to make clear to my-
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