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Author: Selma Lagerlöf Translator: Lillie Tudeer
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up, and sought for an indifferent subject to speak
about.

She turned to the old man in the corner. “I think
I have heard that you have been a soldier, father,”
she said. “Tell me something about the war.”

The silence grew still more paralyzing. The old
man sat as if he had not heard.

“It would please me very much to hear about
the war from one who has been in it,” continued
the Countess, but paused suddenly, for the Broby
parson’s daughter was shaking her head at her. She
must have said something unsuitable. All the people
gathered there stared at her as if she had broken
the simplest law of propriety. Suddenly one of the
women raised her harsh voice and asked, “Is n’t
this the lady who was Countess at Borg?”

“Yes.”

“That was different from running about the forest
after a mad parson. A fig for such booty!”

The Countess rose and said farewell. She had
rested sufficiently. The woman who had spoken
followed them outside.

“The Countess will understand that I was
obliged to say something, for it won’t do to speak
to the old man about the war. He can’t bear the
word. I meant no harm.”

The Countess hurried away, but checked herself
quickly. She saw the threatening forest, the
overshadowing hills, and the misty marsh. It must be

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