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A PASTOR OUT OF HIS ELEMENT.
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me to Robert’s house, when we found that all the
inhabitants were away to the saeters, except a travelling
shoemaker, who had taken his temporary quarters in
one of the wooden huts of which the farm is composed;
the rest being locked up.
We tried another house with the same result. I had
some diffidence about applying to the priest, as in such
a case there must be a difficulty in paying for one’s
entertainment; and it is rather presumptuous to call and
ask for hospitality without any introduction. In this
case, however, as there seemed no other alternative, I
did apply; not directly for food and shelter, but for
information as to where I might obtain it. A young man
came to the door, who evidently wished me farther. He
told me that he had recently arrived here, and pointed
to the house of Robert as my best chance. Ile was
very different in appearance from the other pastors I
have seen. They were all rough, farmer-looking men,
of a decidedly practical turn of mind; this was a pale
young man, dressed in town costume, and had recently
left Christiania, having been transplanted from the
refinements of city life to these rude quarters, where he
must labour in obscurity, with no other associates than
the unwashed and untutored peasants around liim. His
pallor, high white forehead, and nervous temperament,
all indicated a hard student, who had probably earned
honours at the university, and had dreamed of
intellectual fame. Ile appeared like a man suffering deeply
from this isolation and disappointment, and very much
soured thereby.
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