"Nor I."

"But it was doubtless seeing you grow more beautiful and good day by
day."

"That is saying a little too much, my dear Ole."

"No; I certainly ought to be able to say that without making you
blush, for it is only the truth. Didn't you see that I was beginning
to love Hulda, Dame Hansen?"

"I suspected as much."

"And you, Joel?"

"I was sure of it."

"Then I certainly think that you ought to have warned me," said Ole,
smiling.

"But how about your voyages, Ole?" inquired Dame Hansen. "Won't they
seem intolerable to you after you are married?"

"So intolerable that I shall not follow the sea any more after my
marriage."

"You will not go to sea any more?"

"No, Hulda. Do you think it would be possible for me to leave you for