The cottage had been standing empty this eight months, and it was a pity, for it was a pretty two storied place, with an old-fashioned porch and honeysuckle about it.
Smáttan hevði staðið tóm hesar átta mánaðarnar, og tað var harmuligt, tí tað var ein fitt smátta, við tveimum rúmum, og við einum gamaldsligum duri og geitartoppum rundan um.