Chapters 23 through 26 Summary

In "The Letter from Sweden," the settlers struggle on through the winter, waiting impatiently for the first signs of spring. One day Johan comes home with a small flower he calls a "sippa," which they know to be a sign that spring will soon arrive. A heavy spring rain melts off some of the snow and birds return to the lake, another sign of the impending spring. Danjel takes Elin and Ulrika into Stillwater where Henry helps Elin find a position as a maid in the house of a wealthy man involved with the sawmill. Ulrika confirms yet another rumor, this time that Samuel Nojd proposed, but she says that she gave him the same answer she gave Anders. When Kristina says she wonders who Ulrika's next suitor will be, Ulrika says that she had a proposal from a Norwegian in...