, "The turkey is ready," "I can see you, Dad!"
When he was dropped off outside the gate at Bjerkely, Albert Knag heaved a sigh of relief, and thanked the driver with a hundred crown note and three cans of Carlsberg Elephant beer.
His wife was waiting for him outside the house. After a long embrace, he asked: "Where is she?"
"She"s sitting on the dock, Albert."
Alberto and Sophie stopped the red convertible on the square in Lillesand outside the Hotel Norge. It was a quarter past ten. They could see a large bonfire out in the archipelago.
"How do we find Bjerkely?" asked Sophie.
"We"ll just have to hunt around for it. You remember the painting in the major"s cabin."
"We"ll have to hurry. I want to get there before he arrives."
They started to drive around the minor roads and then over rocky mounds and slopes. A useful clue was that Bjerkely lay by the water.
Suddenly Sophie shouted, "There it is! We"ve found it!"
"I do believe you"re right, but don"t shout so loud."
"Why? There"s no one to hear us."
"My dear Sophie--after a whole course in philosophy, I"m very disappointed to find you still jumping to conclusions."
"Yes, but. . ."
"Surely you don"t believe this place is entirely devoid of trolls, pixies, wood nymphs, and good fairies?"
"Oh, excuse me."
They drove through the gate and up the gravel path to the house. Alberto parked the car on the lawn beside the glider. A little way down the garden a table was set for three.
"I can see her!" whispered Sophie. "She"s sitting down on the dock, just like in my dream."
"Have you noticed how much the garden looks like your own garden in Clover Close?"
"Yes, it does. With the glider and everything. Can I go down to her?"
"Naturally. I"ll stay here."
Sophie ran down to the dock. She almost stumbled and fell over Hilde. But she sat down politely beside her.
Hilde sat idly playing with the line that the rowboat was made fast with. In her left hand she held a slip of paper. She was clearly waiting. She glanced at her watch several times.
Sophie thought she was very pretty. She had fair, curly hair and bright green eyes. She was wearing a yellow summer dress. She was not unlike Joanna.
Sophie tried to talk to her even though she knew it was useless.
"Hilde--it"s Sophie!"
Hilde gave no sign that she had heard.
Sophie got onto her knees and tried to shout in her ear:
"Can you hear me, Hilde? Or are you both deaf and blind?"
Did she, or didn"t she, open her eyes a little wider? Wasn"t there a very slight sign that she had heard something--however faintly?
She looked around. Then she turned her head sharply and stared right into Sophie"s eyes. She did not focus on her properly; it was as if she was looking right through her.
"Not so loud, Sophie," said Alberto from up in the car. "I don"t want the garden filled with mermaids."
Sophie sat still now. It felt good just to be close to Hilde.
Then she heard the deep voice of a man: "Hilde!"
It was the major--in uniform, with a blue beret. He stood at the top of the garden.
Hilde jumped up and ran toward him. They met between the glider and the red convertible. He lifted her up in the air and swung her around and around.
Hilde had been sitting on the dock waiting for her father. Since he had landed at Kastrup, she had thought of him every fifteen minutes, trying to imagine where he was now, and how he was taking it. She had noted all the times down on a slip of paper and kept it with her all day.
What if it made him angry?
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