CHAPTER XVI.

Colonel Sinclair--Qvam church--Death of Sinclair--Monsieur le Capitaine--The Highflyer--The Hedals--Romantic legend--Antique mansion--The Kringelen--Kind reception--Warm welcome--The broken tent-pole--The reindeer hunter--The Rudane Fjelde--Gipsy-looking woman--More fish--Chiromancy Esmeralda’s fortune--The handsome captain--His sporting adventure--Esmeralda’s gift--Our soirée dansante--Gipsies’ glee 174