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BIOGRAPHY. 67
pelled when, towards the close of February, a fine, strong
boy was born.
Delighted as she was at the birth of her child, my friend
yet suffered deeply at the thought of her departed hus-
band, who on this occasion, to which he had looked forward
with so much longing, would have been so happy.
After a lengthened stay of about two years with my
friend at her beautiful estates, I hus and T- 6, I re-
turned home, in compliance with my father’s wish, in the
autumn of 1829. I was very much touched at his evident
delight to have me back again, and I was happy to find
Fredrika more calm and cheerful than formerly. Only a
short time were we uow allowed to enjoy undisturbed our
quiet, sisterly life at Arsta. My father was very unexpect-
edly visited by a slight attack of apoplexy, and hurried
preparations for moving to town were therefore made at
once.
My father continued to suffer more or less during the
whole of the winter, and he bore his heavy sufferings, as
usual, with wonderful patience and fortitude.
Fredrika, Hedda, and I watched over and nursed him,
and read aloud to him when he had strength enough to
listen to us, while my mother, as much as lay in her power,
devoted her attentions to him.
My mother had, from the very beginning of this his lest
illness, taken upon herself the Starner lene of the
Arsta property, and the management of the other affairs
of the family. In order that my father, whose strength
was evidently beginning to fail, should be near his doctor,
it was determined that we should not go to Arsta in the
ensuing summer; instead of which a summer residence —
Lilla Ingemarshof, near Stockholm — was taken, to which
we went about midsummer. There my father seemed in
some measure to recover strength, and he enjoyed inde-
scribably much the pleasure of sitting out in the sunshine
during a few warm, splendid days; but he soon got worse
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