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Oh , but only think . It was as near as could be ! ... '' * * * * * A long , restless night . At noon , when we men came home from the fields next day , the maids were whispering something about a scene between the Captain and his wife . Ragnhild knew all about it . The Captain had noticed his wife with her hair down the night before , and the lamp out upstairs , and laughed at her hair and said was n't it pretty ! And Fruen said nothing much at first , but waited her chance , and then she said : `` Yes , I know .