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Chapter 44

           Iremainedbehindatreeandwatchedherwalkon.Tomysurpriseshefollowedtheshoreandwentontotheforbiddenpromontory.IwatchedherthroughglassesuntilIsawherdisappear."Nygaarddislikedhavingtositinthesameroomwithbothhisrelationsandmyself.Theirdisapprovingsilenceirkedhim.SohetooktocomingwithmewhenIwenttomy’bedroom’inthebarn,tosmokeapipeandtalk.ThateveningItoldhimIhadseenhisniececarryingwhatmusthavebeenfoodanddrinkontothepoint.Iaskedhimwhowaslivingthere.Hemadenoefforttohidethetruth.Thefactwasthis.Hisbrotherwaslivingthere.Andhewasinsane."IglancedfromConchistoLilyandback;butneitherofthemshowedanysignofnoticingtheoddnessofthisweavingofthepastandtheallegedpresent."Iaskedatonceifadoctorhadeverseenhim.Nygaardshookhishead,asifhisopinionofdoctors,atleastinthiscase,wasnotveryhigh.IremindedhimthatIwasadoctormyself.Afterasilencehesaid,Ithinkweareallinsanehere.Hegotupthenandwentout.However,itwasonlytoreturnafewminuteslater.Hehadfetchedasmallsack.Heshookitscontentsoutonmycampbed.Isawalitterofroundedstonesandflints,ofshardsofprimitivepotterywithbandsofincisedornament,andIknewIwaslookingatacollectionofStoneAgearticles.Iaskedhimwherehehadfoundthem.Hesaid,atSeidevarre.Andhethenexplainedthatthefarmtookitsnamefromthepointofland.ThatSeidevarrewasaLappname,andmeant’hilloftheholystone,’thedolmen.

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