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A woman tramping up along the road. A steady summer rain falls, wetting her, but she does not heed it; other things are in her mind -- anxiety. Barbro it is, and no other -- Brede's girl, Barbro. Anxious, ay; not knowing how the venture will end; she has gone from service at the Lensmand's, and left the village. That is the matter.
She keeps away from all the farms on the road up, unwilling to meet with folk; easy to see where she was going, with a bundle of clothing on her back. Ay, going to Maaneland, to take service there again.