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had also been seen at Fors and in Ulrika Dillner’s
dreams. Many people would tell you how often he
was seen till Ulrika Dillner moved his body to
Bro churchyard. She turned away all the wicked
servants and engaged new ones at Fors, and since
then no more ghosts have been seen there.
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It is said that before Gösta Berling reached the
house, a stranger had called and left a letter for the
Major’s wife. No one recognized the bearer, but
the letter was carried in and laid on the table beside
the sick woman’s bed. Directly afterwards she
became unexpectedly better, the fever abated, the pain
diminished, and she was able to read the letter.
Our elders willingly believed that the improvement
in her condition had been caused by the influence
of the dark powers. It was to the advantage
of Sintram and his friends that the Major’s wife
should read the letter.
It contained a document, written with blood on
black paper. The cavaliers would certainly have
recognized it. It had been written last Christmas
Eve in the forge at Ekeby.
The Major’s wife lay and read it. It said that,
inasmuch as she was a witch and sent the souls of
cavaliers to hell, she was doomed to lose Ekeby.
This and more of the same kind of nonsense she
read. She examined the date and the signatures, and
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