Near to them paused a horseman; he was partly dressed like a peasant, with riding-breeches on, which were buttoned down at the sides.
"Have you heard the news ?" he cried to Otto.

"I come from Ringkjoebing.
At Merchant Cohen's I have read the German paper; there is a revolution in France! Charles X.is fled with the whole royal family.

Yes, in Paris, there is fine work!" "The French are a wild people!" said the grandmother.

"A king and a queen they have beheaded in my time; now they will do the same with these.

Will our dear Lord suffer that such things be done to His anointed ?" "There will be war again!" said one of the fishermen.
"Then more horses will go out of the country," said the stranger, pressed Otto's hand, and vanished behind the sandhills.
"Was not that the horse-dealer from Varde ?" inquired Otto.
"Yes, he understands languages," said the fisherman; "and thus he is acquainted with foreign affairs sooner than we.