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I doubt it 'll be just by way of looking grand and making a show , must have a man there to stand at a desk and write up things in books . Ha ha ha ! ay , looks like he 's just a little bit touched that way , is Aronsen . '' The three men worked till noon , ate food from their baskets , and talked a while . They had matters of their own to talk over , matters of good and ill to folk on the land ; no trifles , to them , but things to be discussed warily ; they are clear-minded folk , their nerves unworn , and not flying out where they should not . It is the autumn season now , a silence in the woods all round ; the hills are there , the sun is there , and at evening the moon and the stars will come ; all regular and certain , full of kindliness , an embrace . Men have time to rest here , to lie in the heather , with an arm for a pillow .