do
all I can and possibly more."

"You are a gentleman, Hardy," said the Pastor.

Helga took Hardy's hand coldly, and left the room. She had made a
mistake and had atoned, that was all.

The next day Hardy rode Buffalo, attended by Garth on one of the
Danish horses, to the quarters of the cavalry regiment, and was
received with much kindness. A dinner had been arranged at a hotel
near, and the men and officers of the regiment regarded Buffalo with
much interest. One after the other asked leave to mount him and ride
him a short distance over a bit of grass adjoining the cavalry
barracks. Hardy let them inspect the horse to their hearts' content.
His winning the race so easily the day before had its special value.
Hardy's knowledge of cavalry accoutrements and horses was another
point of common interest. He rode several of the best horses of the
regiment, but preferred changing their heavy military bridles to his
own light snaffle, and the effect was marked, and was noted by the
cavalry officers.

At dinner, the cup of the day before was produced, and Hardy had to
drink out of it.

"It is your cup and fairly won, but we appreciate the feeling that
gives it to us," said Baron Jarlsberg, "and we shall keep it in the
regiment as a memento of an English horse beating the best horses in a
Danish cavalry regiment."

Hardy rode to the parsonage, after a very pleasant time, with many
expressions of good feeling from the Danish officers.

CHAPTER XIII.

"These are to be angled for with a short line not
much more than half the length of your rod, if the air be
still, or with longer very near, or all out as long as your
rod, if you have any wind to carry it from you."
--_The Complete Angler._

Two days after the horse race recorded in the last chapter, John Hardy
had asked the Pastor's permission to take Karl and Axel with him to
fish Godseier Jensen's tributary to the Gudenaa. They had breakfast
early, and Hardy asked for a little lunch to take with them, to which
the Pastor willingly assented.

"Hardy," said the Pastor, "may I ask you one thing, and that is, have
you spoken to Kirstin about what I told you?"

"No," replied Hardy. "Why should I? There is nothing that is necessary
for me to say. She is your servant and not mine. If she be suspicious
naturally and accuses me of gross misconduct, it is not for me to
reprove her, although, if you believed it, I should clear myself, as I
v