Whereupon Halvor took from his pocket a new silver watch, which he showed to them. It was a pretty little timepiece, with a flower design engraved on the case. The schoolmaster opened it, went into the schoolroom for a magnifying glass, adjusted it to his eye, and began examining the works. He seemed quite carried away as he studied the delicate adjustment of the tiny wheels, and said he had never seen finer workmanship. Finally he gave the watch back to Halvor, who put it in his pocket, looking neither pleased nor proud, as folks generally do when you praise their purchases. Ingmar was silent during the meal, but when he had finished his coffee, he asked Storm whether he really knew anything about watches. "Why, of course," returned the schoolmaster. "Don't you know that I understand a little of everything?" Ingmar then brought out a watch which he carried in his vest pocket. It was a big, round, silver _turnip_ that looked ugly and clumsy as compared with Halvor's watch. The chain to which it was attached was also a clumsy contrivance. The case was quite plain and dented. It was not much of a watch: it had no crystal, and the enamel on its face was cracked. "It has stopped," said Storm, putting the watch to his ear. "Yes, I kn-n-ow," stammered the boy. "I was just wondering if you didn't think it could be mended." Storm opened it and found that all the wheels were loose. "You must have been hammering nails with this watch," he said. "I can't do anything with it." "Don't you think that Eric, the clockmaker, could fix it?" "No, no more than I. You'd better send it to Falun and have new works put in." "I thought so," said Ingmar, and took the watch. "For heaven's sake, what have you been doing with it?" the schoolmaster exclaimed. The boy swallowed hard. "It was father's watch," he explained, "and it got damaged like that when father was struck by the whirling log." Now they all grew interested. With an effort to control his feelings, Ingmar continued: "As you know, it happened during Holy Week, when I was at home. I was the first person to reach father when he lay on the bank. I found him with the watch in his hand. 'Now it's all over with me, Ingmar,' he said. 'I'm sorry the watch is broken, for I want you to give it, with my greetings, to some one that I have wronged.' Then he told me who was to have the watch, and bade me take it along to Falun and have it repaired before presenting it. But I never went back to Falun, and now I don't know what to do about it." The schoolmaster was wondering whether he knew of any one who was soon going to the city, when Mother Stina turned to the boy: "Who was to have the watch, Ingmar?" she asked. "I don't know as I ought to tell," the boy demurred. "Wasn't it Tims Halvor, who is sitting here?" "Yes," he whispered. "Then give Halvor the watch just as it is," said Mother Stina. "That will please him best."