His first impression of her was that she was stupid.

She asked questions about every sort of thing, and seemed to think that he must know everything.

And finally, she wanted to know what it was like on shore among the great folk of Arendal, and particularly how the ladies behaved.

It afforded him much amusement at the time to see with what simple credulity she took in everything he chose to invent on the subject; but after he had left he was not sure that he wasn't sorry for what he had done, and at the same time he made the discovery that the girl, in her way, was anything but silly.
His remorse was to be brought home to him presently, for old Jacob had had duly recounted to him over again all his cock-and-bull stories, and was in high dudgeon.

When he came again the old man was very snappish to him, and he found it so unpleasant in the house that he made all the haste he could to get his business done.