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If the photographs are not what is called successful , you can explain that , if you like , but I , for my part , would rather not be favoured by any artificial process . '' `` You are right , little father , '' said Helga ; and they were all photographed separately , except Hardy and Karl , as the Pastor objected to the latter . `` They will see Karl himself , and there is no need of the expense , '' he said ; `` and Hardy we shall not forget . '' They left Horsens a little after midday for Veile , a distance , as before stated , of about nineteen English miles . Pastor Lindal sat by Hardy as he drove , and as they passed by Engom , he told the story of how Øve Lunge had sold himself to the evil one , `` Øve Lunge made a bargain with the owners of the land near to acquire as much land as he could ride a foal just born round , whilst the priest was preaching a sermon in the pulpit at Engom Church . They assented readily ; but the foal ridden by Herr Øve Lunge went like a bird , and two black boars followed , rooting up the line the foal took , so as to enclose the land . On his way , Herr Øve Lunge met a Bonde with an axe , and he was obliged to turn aside , as the evil one has no power against an edge of steel .