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and delighted with his new house and dignities. He received 

 us with much hospitality, and asked us to stay with him as 

 long as we were there, an invitation that we accepted with 

 pleasure, and spent a very pleasant evening. He was an open- 

 handed host, and showered hospitalities on us from his abundant 

 store. We soon saw that it would not be an easy matter to starve 

 out that fortress, good as was the appetite of the Commandant. 

 Fosheim and I, meanwhile, felt that our legs had suffered a good 



' SYLENE ' (THE AWLS), TN THE IXNER PART OF HAVNEFJORD. 



deal from our sudden violent exercise on the trip west. We had 

 run nearly the whole day, which takes it out of one, and we both 

 felt stiff and done up. I thought the feeling would soon wear off; 

 but it was more serious than I had imagined, for it was months 

 before we quite got rid of it. I had never experienced anything 

 of the kind before. 



Next day we went home. As we were standing down below 

 the ice-foot, ready to be off, and were just going to take leave of 

 Bay, the sun came out. It had been hidden behind Stormkap, and 

 now suddenly shed its heavenly light over land and ice. The 



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