But you and Joel must come and pay me a visit at Christiania." "Pay you a visit ?" "Yes, pay me a visit; spend several weeks at my house in company with your mother, of course." "And if we should leave the inn who will attend to things in our absence ?" replied Joel.
"But your presence here is not necessary after the excursion season is over, I imagine; so I have fully made up my mind to come for you late in the autumn." "It will be impossible, my dear Mister Sylvius, for us to accept--" "On the contrary, it will be perfectly possible.

Don't say no.

I shall not be content with such an answer.

Besides, when I get you there in the very best room in my house, in the care of my old Kate and faithful Fink, you will be my own children, and then you can certainly tell me what I can do for you." "What you can do for us ?" repeated Joel, with a glance at his sister.
"Brother!" exclaimed Hulda, as if divining his intention.
"Speak, my boy, speak!" "Ah, well, Mister Sylvius, you can do us a great honor." "How ?" "By consenting to be present at my sister Hulda's marriage, if it would not inconvenience you too much." "Hulda's marriage!" exclaimed Sylvius Hogg.

"What! my little Hulda is going to be married, and no one has said a word to me about it!" "Oh, Mister Sylvius!" exclaimed the girl, her eyes filling with tears.
"And when is the marriage to take place ?" "As soon as it pleases God to bring her betrothed, Ole Kamp, back to us," replied the girl..