"That's true!"
Neither of them spoke for a while.
"It's extraordinary," said Rehnhjelm, suddenly breaking the silence, "that happiness can make one feel melancholy; I feel uneasy to-night, and would much rather have spent the evening with Agnes. Let's go to the small rooms and send for her. She could say that friends had arrived from the country."
"She wouldn't do that; she couldn't tell a lie."
"Oh, nonsense! The woman who can't isn't born yet!"
Falander stared at Rehnhjelm with so peculiar an expression, that the latter felt puzzled.
"I'll go and see whether the little rooms are vacant," he said after a short pause; "we can send her a message, if they are."
"Come along then!"
Rehnhjelm made ready to follow him, but Falander kept him back.
"I'll be back in two minutes!"