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Accordingly , how well I know his voice . '' Then , in a fervor of adoring affection , he talked to Jan of his dear Lord Christ , `` who had stretched out his arms upon the cross that he might embrace the world . '' And as he talked the men , one by one , raised themselves on their elbows and listened ; and the theme transfigured Snorro , and he stood erect with uplifted face , and looked , in spite of his fisher 's suit , so royal that Jan felt humbled in his presence . And when he had told , in his own simple , grand way , the story of him who had often toiled at midnight with the fishers on the Galilean sea , as they toiled upon the Shetland waters , there was a great silence , until Jan said , in a voice that seemed almost strange to them : `` Well , then , mates , now we will look to the lines . '' All summer , and until the middle of October , Jan continued at sea ; and all summer , whether fishing for ling , cod , or herring , `` The Fair Margaret '' had exceptionally good fortune . There were many other fishers who woke , and watched , and toiled in their fishing , who did not have half her `` takes . '' `` It is all Jan 's luck , '' said Glumm , `` for it is well known that he flings his nets and goes to sleep while they fill . ''