CHAPTER V.

Oxford in the long vacation--The rats make such a strife--A case for Lesbia--Interview between a hermit and a novice--The ruling passion--Blighted hopes--Norwegian windows--Tortoise-shell soup--After dinner--Christiansand again--Ferry on the Torrisdal river--Plain records of English travellers--Salmonia--The bridal crown--A bridal procession--Hymen, O Hymenæe!--A ripe Ogress--The head cook at a Norwegian marriage--God-fearing people--To Sætersdal--Neck or nothing--Lilies and lilies--The Dutch myrtle pp. 65-81