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Chap. XXXIX.
FOVLUM.
147
leave its court unswept, the peasant’s cart upturned
where it is, never put away the milk-pans, and as for
that old Jutland peasant-woman, turn her at once, like
Lot’s wife, into a pillar of salt; the ducks and the geese,
the ever-raging watch-dogs tearing like mad round
their kennels; the moat, part green duckweed, the
remnant a bed of raspberries, should all remain. Look
at the horse-chesnuts and the limes — what glorious
timber!—how well they tone down in the evening’s
light the colour of the buildings! A very prim old
lady in gray gown and snow-white cap, fit chatelaine
for such a mansion, invites us to the garden. It
is all avenues; a fine green turf, like that of a
bishop’s in some cathedral town in England; fine
groups of limes, fish-stews, and flower-beds—not too
many: and only for one moment stay and gaze at the
old house—how well it covers up its faded charms!
leaving only its best features, that fine old octagonal
tower and quaint Gothic gable, peeping out from
beneath their framework—that old horse-chesnut.
FOVLUM.
12tÄ.—Our steamer starts at six. Krabbesholm looks
still asleep, and the bathing-cabins damp and
uninviting ; our deck, too, is none of the cleanest, and the
brass compass appears as though i| had been up all
night, dull and besmeared.
Skive fiorde is narrow, and her banks brown, varied
occasionally by patches of cultivation and a succession
of white structures. If her ancient forests still existed,
it would be beautiful, for the ground undulates. The
morning is gray and slightly overcast—best colouring
for the scene before us. The lake of Hald, with its
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