The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1967, Page 117

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denly after a long silence the English-
man said, “Shall we not go and meet
that Redhead. I imagine that he is still
at your sweetheart’s, isn’t he?”
Sigurd admitted that such was the
case, but said that he did not care to
go there again. He explained that he
had already tried a few days before to
open her eyes 'but that his efforts had
been in vain.
“Would you marry her if she gave
up the count?”
“No,” answered Sigurd quickly.
“Is it revenge that you want?” pur-
sued the Englishman.
“No, not that either. The only thing
that I wish fervently to accomplish, is
to pry them apart,” replied Sigurd
with a heavy sigh.
“I am happy to hear that, and it will
give me the greatest pleasure to help
you do just that. We shall not have a
long preamble; merely take me to
where the count is, and I will take care
of what happens next.”
Sigurd scarcely considered whether
it was gentlemanly or manly to turn
over to someone else, his interest in
this matter. Always the same desire
burned within him, the desire to
separate Sara from this balding red-
head. Within an hour they had set out
for the Valdai home.
“How do rer parents 'Ve this?”
asked the Englishman when they had
almost reached the house. It was
obvious that he had heard rumors of
Sara’s conduct in the matter.
“They don’t do much one way or
the other. They believe that he is a
wealthy gentleman and consider him
a better catch than me. Anyway, I
think Sara does just about what she
likes without interference from her
parents.”
“In that case we shall have to turn
directly to Miss Valdai and to the
count himself.” A moment later they
had ridden into the yard.
Most of the members of the house-
hold were at home; they could be seen
entering the house or going out to the
inner field as the guests rode into tne
yard. The only one who was left in
the yard was old Valdai himself. Wait-
ing for them he greeted the guests with
little enthusiasm.
Sigurd requested to talk with M.
Lavitte, Duke of Normandy. Yes, he
was at home, “but wouldn’t it be best
to go on in if you want to talk with
him?” added Valdai.
Sigurd told the Englishman that
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