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298 THROUGH NORWAY WITII A KNAPSACK.
" No;" but an old man, who, being the dirtiest of all,
was, I suppose, the master, brought me some fladbröd
and drab-coloured smüer.
There were two verv dirty beds in the room; and
these were evidently all that existed upon the
establishment, although eighteen persons besides myself were
crowded in this small, low kitchen. The bonder asked
whether I would sleep in the hay; to which inquiry I
joyfully answered " Yes;" for having already felt a
procession of fleas moving up my legs, I had gloomy
forebodings of the animated condition of the
clay-coloured bedding.
It was now qiiite dark, and the man conducted me
across a field to the door of a large building. I entered
it, and, scrambling over a great depth of hay, commenced
arranging some sort of bed, when I was startled by a
loud laugh of decidedly soprano pitch, then by a voice
and another voice answering it. The laughter and voices
were those of Juno and Vesta in alarming proximity to
me; presently I heard other voices, and then I found
that I was one of a large company of bedfellows of both
sexes, all sleeping together in the hay. It was a cloudy
night and very dark, so that I can testify nothing
regarding the arrangements for separating the sexes. For above
an hour there was a continual talking, with occasional
squeaking, followed by much laughter; then the
number of talkers gradually diminished till only a couple or
so remained, and finally nothing but snoring was to be
heard. During all this time I was endeavouring to
make myself comfortable, and was much surprised at
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