During these rambles she had learned all
that he could teach her. He had an especial gift for forestry. It
was a development for her, for it gave a fresh interest to her
life. Little by little she had taken over the whole care of the
estate. It absorbed her.
Fru Kaas asked if she might see Helene, to thank her.
"But Helene has just gone out with Rafael, has she not?"
"Yes, to be sure," answered Fru Kaas. She would not show surprise;
but she asked at once for her carriage.
Meanwhile the two young people had determined to climb the ridge.
At first they followed the course of the river, Helene leading the
way. It was evident that she had grown up in the woods. How strong
and supple she was, and how well she acquitted herself when she
had to cross a brook, climb a wooded slope, force a way through a
barrier of bristly young fir-trees which opposed her passage, or
surmount a heap of clay at a quarry, of which there were a great
many about there. Each difficulty was in turn overcome. The ascent
from the river was the most direct and the pleasantest, which was
the reason that they had come this way.
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