CHAPTER VII.

An oasis--Unkempt waiters--Improving an opportunity--The church in the wilderness--Household words--A sudden squall--The pools of the Quenna--Airy lodgings--Weather-bound--A Norwegian grandpapa--Unwashed agriculturists--An uncanny companion--A fiery ordeal--The idiot’s idiosyncrasy--The punctilious parson--A pleasant query--The mystery of making flad-brod--National cakes--The exclusively English phase of existence--Author makes a vain attempt to be “hyggelig”--Rather queer pp. 97-113