"Yes, many," replied the Pastor. "There is the story of the monks
being killed by bricks falling on them from the arched roof, when
playing cards behind the altar. There is also the story of a large
hunting horn, which is said to be now preserved in one of our museums,
which horn was used at the evening service before Good Friday, in
catholic times. It was blown through a hole in the roof of the
Domkirke, and the words shouted as loud as possible, 'Evig forbandet
vaere, Judas' (For ever may Judas be accursed). There is also the
monument of Laurids Ebbesen who had been unfaithful to the king, who,
when he visited the Domkirke, cut the nose off the monumental figure
with his sword. The ship which is hung up in the Domkirke, is a model
which Peter the Great of Russia had made in France, and it was sent by
a French vessel from Toulon, which was wrecked at the Scaw, or, as we
call it, Skagen. The cargo of the ship was sold by auction. A seaman
of Aarhus bought the model, which is that of a ship of war with
seventy-four cannon, and gave it to the Domkirke, at Whitsuntide,
1720."
"Thank you very much, Herr Pastor," said Mrs. Hardy.
It must, however, be recorded that notwithstanding the interest John
Hardy had in such lore as the Pastor possessed in such rich abundance,
he was very much interested in another direction. At length, after
much absorbing contemplation, he said, "I never saw such blue as there
is in your eyes, Helga!"
The next day they returned to Rosendal, and Pastor Lindal to his
parsonage with Helga. He had been pleased with his berth on board the
yacht, and the comfortable opportunity the deck-house afforded for
holding a tobacco-parliament, which Mrs. Hardy bore with much
patience.
As the yacht was at Aarhus, Mrs. Hardy wished to make a tour amongst
the Danish islands before sending it to Esbjerg.
"I think, John," she said, "that to-morrow we will invite Pastor
Lindal and Helga to dinner, and we will talk over the arrangements for
your wedding. I should not offer to give her a wedding outfit, as I
think she would not like it. I should give her a good watch and chain,
as a wedding present, and lockets to the two Miss Jensens. It is clear
that the quieter the wedding is the more likely to meet the Pastor's
wishes and his daughter's."
"I think," said John, "that you are right, but I should wish to let
Helga know that I would bear any expense they wished. I should be so
glad if you would say so to her, mother. When we were at Christiania,
I wanted her to let me get her gloves or anything else she might wish
for, and she said 'You need not try to buy my goodwill, John; you
possess it' but she used a Danish word which 'goodwill' does not
translate."
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