ite a pleasure to her to manage for the chaplain--to prepare
his little dishes, and to keep his things in order. She was the only
person in the whole town who really knew that Martens wore a wig. This
was not, however, a thing to be spoken about, and nobody else was
admitted into the secret.

As Mrs. Garman drove home from church with Rachel and Madeleine, she
spoke disapprovingly of Johnsen's sermon. She considered that it was
highly improper for a young man to be so forward and daring; but it was
quite in accordance with the spirit of the times, as Pastor Martens had
explained on the previous Sunday.

"Ah, Pastor Martens is quite a different man, is he not?" asked Mrs.
Garman, addressing Madeleine, as Rachel made no reply.

"Yes--oh yes!" answered Madeleine, abstractedly. She was wondering all
the time where Delphin could have come from so suddenly, when he
appeared close to her and Fanny in the crowd at the church door He had
greeted her in a most friendly way, but when they got to the carriage
they found that both he and Fanny had vanished without saying good-bye.

Rachel let her mother talk away, as was her wont. She was all the time
meditating on the importance of the event which had just taken place,
and was wondering how Johnsen would come out of it all. It was quite
clear that her mother's was the prevailing opinion, and it was but too
probable that with most people the ill feeling would take a still more
bitter form. She could picture him to herself calm and steadfast in the
midst of it all. Here at length she had found a truly courageous man.

During dinner Delphin gave his own rendering of some extracts from the
sermon, with as much spirit as his fear of Mrs. Garman would allow, and
the performance afforded Uncle Richard great amusement. Rachel thought
it best to contain her feelings, for she knew that conversation with Mr.
Delphin on a serious subject was nothing else than an impossibility.
Madeleine, on the contrary, could not help laughing. She always found
Delphin very amusing, and at the same time so good-natured. She had
latterly been almost annoyed with Fanny because she treated Delphin
coolly and distantly. But Delphin seemed scarcely to notice her conduct;
on the contrary, he seemed even in better spirits than before. He really
was a good fellow.

Several people also thought that Morten Garman was a good fellow, to
allow Delphin to carry on with Fanny without interference. It was not
easy to k