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Oh , well , he would try that again another year ! He could think only of Joel and Hulda Hansen now . Had there been time to prepare for them , he would certainly have taken them to his own home , where old Fink and old Kate would have made them heartily welcome ; but under the circumstances , the professor had thought it advisable to take them to the Hotel du Nord , where , as protégées of Sylvius Hogg , they were sure of every attention , though he had carefully refrained from giving their names , for there had been so much talk about the brother and sister , and especially about the young girl , that it would be very embarrassing for her if her arrival in Christiania should become known . It had been decided that Sylvius Hogg should not see them again until breakfast the next day , that is to say , between eleven and twelve o'clock , as he had some business matters to attend to that would engross his attention all the forenoon . He would then rejoin them and remain with them until three o'clock , the hour appointed for the drawing of the lottery . Joel , as soon as he rose the next morning , tapped at the door of his sister 's room , and being anxious to divert her thoughts , which were likely to be more melancholy than ever on such a day , he proposed that they should walk about the town until breakfast-time , and Hulda , to please her brother , consented . It was Sunday , but though the streets of northern cities are usually quiet and well-nigh deserted on that day , an air of unusual bustle and animation pervaded the scene , for not only had the townspeople refrained from going to the country , as usual , but people from the surrounding towns and country was pouring in in such numbers that the Lake Miosen Railroad had been obliged to run extra trains .