midday
He had forgotten to hide the bottle . Pelle was just going to push it down into the straw when the bailiff -- who as a matter of fact was not a Jute , but a Zeelander -- happened to turn round and caught sight of it . He told the boy to throw it into the ditch . By midday they reached their destination . Lasse awoke as they drove on to the stone paving of the large yard , and groped mechanically in the straw . But suddenly he recollected where he was , and was sober in an instant . So this was their new home , the only place they had to stay in and expect anything of on this earth !