Paradise Reclaimed (2007)
“The girl was therefore required to present herself at Hof on such and such a day.It has always been considered rather beggarly to travel on foot in Iceland; but the folk at Hlíðar had no choice now, for the ponies were in mediocre condition, if that, and had scarcely recovered from the winter. The birds circled the girl’s head as she walked. She took off her socks and hitched up her skirt and waded across the cold mountain-streams. It was an enjoyable journey at the height of spring. She could ...feel the smell of the sea and the land at one and the same time. But when she reached the Jökulfljót (Glacier River) she had to go by ferry.Because she had been walking since early that morning and it was now nearly noon, there was so much milk in her breasts by this time that she saw no alternative but to ask the housewife at Ferjukot to have a word with her in private. The woman asked where she came from and who her people were, and then led her into the pantry.“Is there any news out your way in Steinahlíðar?”MoreLess
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