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In spite of his self-restraint, his voice quivered a little as he
answered her--
"I shall never forget the Altenfjord or you, Miss Gueldmar. Don't you
know there are some things that cannot be forgotten? such as a sudden
glimpse of fine scenery,--a beautiful song, or a pathetic poem?" She
bent her head in assent. "And here there is so much to remember--the
light of the midnight sun,--the glorious mountains, the loveliness of
the whole land!"
"Is it better than other countries you have seen?" asked the girl with
some interest.
"Much better!" returned Sir Philip fervently. "In fact, there is no
place like it in my opinion." He paused at the sound of her pretty
laughter.
"You are--what is it?--ecstatic!" she said mirthfully. "Tell me, have
you been to the south of France and the Pyrenees?"
"Of course I have," he replied. "I have been all over the
Continent,--travelled about it till I'm tired of it. Do you like the
south of France better than Norway?"
"No,--not so very much better," she said dubiously.


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