CHAPTER IX.

Langeid--Up the mountain--Vanity of vanity--Forest perfumes--The glad thrill of adventure--An ancient beacon--Rough fellows--Daring pine-trees--Quaint old powder-horn--Curiosities for sale--Sketch of a group of giants--Information for _Le Follet_--Rather cool--Rural dainties and delights--The great miracle--An odd name--The wedding garment--Ivar Aasen--The study of words--Philological lucubrations--A slagsmal--Nice subject for a spasmodic poet--Smoking rooms--The lady of the house--A Simon Svipu--A professional story-teller--Always about Yule-tide--The supernatural turns out to be very natural--What happened to an old woman--Killing the whirlwind--Hearing is believing--Mr. Parsonage corroborates Mr. Salomon--The grey horse at Roysland--There can be no doubt about it--Theological argument between a fairy and a clergyman--Adam’s first wife, Lileth pp. 149-178