brother of our Pastorin."

"Sir--sir," began Tony, "do tell David that his grandson is in my room,
and Adam and Martina beside him. Pray say this to him, for he won't
attend to me, he won't listen to a word I tell him. For God's sake help
me; you are the brother of our Pastorin, and no doubt you are a good
man, and I thought so when I saw you once before to day. Help the old
man to rise."

Schilder-David, who was now sitting in the hay, stretched out his hand
to Tony, saying; "You are right, forgive me, and help me up." Tony and
Edward each gave him a hand, and when Schilder-David was once more on
his feet, he said, "You are two excellent people." Edward supported
David on his left arm, and offered his right hand to Tony, he scarcely
knew why,--and she gave him her hand, she scarcely knew why,--but they
clasped each other's hands close. "I think I can now quite well walk
alone," said Schilder-David, and the other two freed him from all the
hay clinging to his clothes, and went with him upstairs.

Martina gave up Joseph to his grandfather, but the meeting with her
father was cut short by their all going to the next room together,
where Haespele was heard laughing merrily. He proposed to play the part
of an evil spirit, and in that way to convert the Roettmaennin. He
thought this would be the best way to manage her.

When Joseph came into the room holding his grandfather's hand, Tony
said, "You had better not be here just now," and she took him back into
the room, on the other side of the entrance.

"This is the brother of our Pastorin," said she to the Roettmaennin, as
she was leaving the room, presenting Edward to her.

The latter now spoke in a very urgent manner to the Roettmaennin, who
gave him no answer, but fixed her bright staring eyes on him.

"It is time to go to church now," said Roettmann, and the whole of those
present left the room. As they all assembled in front of the house, a
voice was heard in the room above shouting, "Long live the Roettmaennin,
she has given her consent."

It was Haespele's voice, who ran triumphantly down stairs, all shouting
"_Vivat_!" again and again; and the horn sounded merrily, and the bells
rung, and the dogs barked. A voice screamed something vociferously from
the window, but not a word was heard.

Amid singing and sounds of horns, they all went through the wood to the
village. Tony walked beside Martina. On the top of the hill, she said,
"I must now go back; I should