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he made inquiry of Erik Grubbe whether he would
accompany him on the road so far as served his convenience, for
they might at least end the suit they were bringing against
certain citizens of Aarhus. With regard to Copenhagen,
the Governor well knew that Erik Grubbe had plenty of
reasons for going thither. At all events, Christian Skeel
would arrive at Tjele about four hours after high noon on
the following day.
Erik Grubbe replied that he would be ready for the
journey, and the messenger departed with this answer.
Anne and Erik Grubbe then discussed at length all that
must be done while he was away, and decided that Marie
should go with him to Copenhagen and remain for a year
or two with her Aunt Rigitze.
The impending farewells had calmed them both, though
the quarrel was on the point of blazing out again when it
came to the question of letting Marie take with her sundry
dresses and jewels that had belonged to her dead mother.
The matter was settled amicably at last, and Anne went to
bed early, for the next day would be a long one.
Again the dogs announced visitors, but this time it was
only the pastor of Tjele and Vinge parish, Jens Jensen
Paludan.
“Good even to the house!” he said as he stepped in.
He was a large-boned, long-limbed man, with a stoop in
his broad shoulders. His hair was rough as a crow’s nest,
grayish and tangled, but his face was of a deep yet clear
pink, seemingly out of keeping with his coarse, rugged
features and bushy eyebrows.
Erik Grubbe invited him to a seat and asked about his
haymaking. The conversation dwelt on the chief labors of
the farm at that season and died away in a sigh over the
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