a quiet place where she could stay until it was over. Heggen answered by return:
"Dear Jenny,—I have advertised in a couple of papers
and will send you the answers when they come, so you can see
for yourself. If you would like me to go and look at some of
the places before you decide, I will do so with pleasure—you
know that. I am at your disposal in every way. Let me know
when you leave, what way you are coming, and if you want me
to meet you, or if I can help you in any other way. I am
sorry about it, of course, but I know you are comparatively well
equipped to face trouble. Please write and say if there is anything
else I can do for you; you know I am only too pleased
to be of any service. I hear you have a good picture at the
State exhibition—congratulations.
"Kind regards from your sincere friend, G. H."
A few days later came a whole bundle of letters. Jenny
waded through some of the writing, printed in an awful gothic
scrawl, and then wrote to a Mrs. Schlessinger in the vicinity of
Warnemünde, renting a room from the fifteenth of November.
She gave Mrs. Rasmussen notice, and told Gunnar by letter of
her decision.
On the eve of her departure she wrote to Gram:
"Dear Friend,—I have formed a decision which I am
afraid will hurt you, but you must not be angry with me. I
am tired and unnerved; I know I was tiresome and disagreeable
to you when you were here, and I don't want it to happen again,
so have decided not to see you until all is over and I am normal
again. I am leaving here tomorrow early, going abroad. I
am not giving you my address at present, but you can send
your letters via Mrs. Ahlin, Varberg, Sweden, and I will write
you through her. Do not be anxious about me. I am quite
