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But Arctics Can Be Inhospitable, Too

           Thiswasourlaststageupontheearth.Hanshadexhibitedgreatintelligence,anditgavemesomelittlecomforttothinkthenthathewasnotgoingtoleaveus.

           Onarrivingatthedooroftherector’shouse,whichwasnotdifferentfromtheothers,Isawamanshoeingahorse,hammerinhand,andwithaleathernapronon.

           "Sællvertu,"saidthehunter.

           "Goddag,"saidtheblacksmithingoodDanish.

           "Kyrkoherde,"saidHans,turningroundtomyuncle.

           "Therector,"repeatedtheProfessor."Itseems,Axel,thatthisgoodmanistherector."

           Ourguideinthemeanwhilewasmakingthe‘kyrkoherde’awareofthepositionofthings;whenthelatter,suspendinghislaboursforamoment,utteredasoundnodoubtunderstoodbetweenhorsesandfarriers,andimmediatelyatallanduglyhagappearedfromthehut.Shemusthavebeensixfeetattheleast.IwasingreatalarmlestsheshouldtreatmetotheIcelandickiss;buttherewasnooccasiontofear,nordidshedothehonoursatalltoogracefully.

           Thevisitors’roomseemedtometheworstinthewholecabin.Itwasclose,dirty,andevilsmelling.Butwehadtobecontent.Therectordidnottogoinforantiquehospitality.Veryfarfromit.BeforethedaywasoverIsawthatwehadtodowithablacksmith,afisherman,ahunter,ajoiner,butnotatallwithaministeroftheGospel.Tobesure,itwasaweek-day;perhapsonaSundayhemadeamends.

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