Page 4 - Lesson Notes

- The owner of the Ramsjo iron mill in those days was a very ambitious
person whose aim was to sell only the finest iron into the market.

Therefore, he used to keep a check on the workers both during the night
and the day. The owner was on a night inspection visit when the peddler

entered the forge.

- Mistaking him his friend called him home.

- The rattrap seller didn’t find it to be a good idea to visit the iron master’s

place. He was frightened with the idea of visiting to the large house of an
old soldier which according to him was not safe.
- After all he had the stolen money with him. He didn’t want to put himself in

danger. His intentions were to sleep in the forge and then go away from
there without even being noticed.

Iron Master sends his daughter Edla to persuade the peddler-

- Though the ironmaster made many attempts to invite him, the peddler
didn’t accept his invitation

- The iron master’s daughter entered the mill with her attendant who was

carrying a big fur coat. She was a humble girl who was very shy. When she
entered, everyone was busy the same way as they had been earlier.

- The blacksmith was still sitting on the bench with his trainees and was
working on the iron. She went up to the peddler and lifted his hat. The

peddler slept with one eye open and as soos as he saw her, he got shocked
and jumped up.

- She introduced herself as Edla Williamson and was sorry to hear about the

hard times that he was facing. She explained to him that she had come to
take him home with her father’s permission.

- Edla had sympathy for the peddler. But then she noticed that the reason
behind his fear could be that either he had committed robbery or jailbreak.