3. An old acquaintance renewed: Oeyvind again meets Marit at
School.

The Children's love of the goat, the comradeship of Oeyvind and Marit,
of Oeyvind and his Mother, and of Marit and her Grandfather, are
elements which assist in producing coherence. The songs of Marit, and
the songs and stories of Oeyvind's Mother, especially preserve the
relation of parts. In the following paragraphs, which give distinct
pictures, note the coherence secured internally largely by the
succession of verbs denoting action and also by the denotation of the
words.

When he came in, there sat as many children round a table as
he had ever seen at church; others were sitting on their
luncheon-boxes, which were ranged round the walls; some
stood in small groups round a large printed card; the
school-master, an old gray-haired man, was sitting on a
stool by the chimney-corner, filling his pipe. They all
looked up as Oeyvind and his mother entered, and the
mill-hum ceased as if the water had suddenly been turned
off....

As he was going to find his seat, they all wanted to make
room for him. He looked round a long time, while they
whispered and pointed; he turned round on all sides, with
his cap in his hand and his book under his arm....

Just as the boy is going to turn round to the school-master,
he sees close beside him, sitting down by the hearthstone on
a little red painted tub, Marit, of the many names; she had