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On the stairs she turned round and smiled awkwardly at
him:
“I was awfully rude to you the other evening, Mr. Gram.
Please accept my apologies.”
“My dear Miss Jahrman!”
“I was out of sorts that day. You cannot imagine what a
scolding I got from Jenny, but I deserved it.”
“Not at all. I was to blame for forcing my company upon
you, but it was so tempting to speak to you when I saw you and
heard that you were Norwegians.”
“Of course, an adventure like that could be great fun, but
I spoilt it with my bad temper. I was ill, you see. My nerves
worry me; I can’t sleep and I can’t work, and then I get horrid
sometimes.”
“Are you feeling better now?”
“Not really. Jenny and Gunnar are working — everybody
works but myself. Is your work getting on all right? Aren’t
you pleased? Every afternoon I sit to Jenny for my picture.
I am having a day off today. I think she does it only to
prevent me from being alone with my thoughts. Sometimes she
takes me for a ride outside the walls. She is like a mother to
me — Mia cara mammina.”
“You are very fond of your friend?”
“I should think so! She is so good to me. I am delicate
and spoilt, and nobody but Jenny could stand me in the long
run. She is so clever too, intelligent and energetic. And pretty
— don’t you think she is lovely? You should see her hair
when it is let down! When I am good she lets me do it for
her. Here we are,” she said.
They mounted a pitch-dark staircase.
“You mustn’t mind the stairs; ours are still worse: you
will see for yourself when you pay us a visit. Come one
evening. We’ll get hold of the others and all go for a proper
rag. I spoilt the last one for you.”
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