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CHAPTER XVII.
A Tellemark interior—"Juno" and Vesta"—Romance and dirt—
Sleeping in the hay—Many bedfellows of the human species and
many more of the lower animals—The irritating powers of ants—
Characteristic scenery of the Tellemark—Facilities for extensive
and profitable drainage—An old man and his old boat—The
legend of the Marie Stige—Crossing the Marie Stige — The
Riukan Foss from the Marie Stige—The height of the Riukan
Foss—An imaginary rescue—The Dale Station.
The farm at which I stopped was a miserable place;
the common room or kitchen being very small and low,
and curiously dirty, the windows nearly all broken
and pasted with paper. It was crowded with men and
women, all of them nearly as dirty as the floor. As I
entered the room in semi-darkness, I gradually became
conscious of the existence of two luminous bodies,
shining in a gloomy recess close by me; and, 011
growing accustomed to the darkness, I perceived, first that
they were two human eyes, then that they belonged to a
woman, and finally that the woman was young and of
very remarkable appearance. The eyes before referred
to were pale blue, and the largest human eyes I had ever
seen ; the woman’s nose was short and wide, with great
distended nostrils, and yet not ugly; her hair
salmon-coloured, and very thick and long: a heap of it Avas
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