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there’s reason enough for falling into strange and gloomy
thoughts.”
“Nay, sweet Mistress Sofie! By the living God, you must
not shed tears!? You paint all in too dark colors—
Tousiours Mars ne met pas au jour
Des objects de sang et de larmes,
Mais”—
and he seized her hand and lifted it to his lips—
“… tousiours l’Empire d’amour
Est plein de troubles et d’alarmes.”
Sofie looked at him innocently. How lovely she was! The
intense, irresistible night of her eyes, where day welled out
in myriad light-points like a black diamond flashing in the
sun, the poignantly beautiful arch of her lips, the proud lily
paleness of her cheeks melting slowly into a rose-golden
flush like a white cloud kindled by the morning glow, the
delicate temples, blue-veined like flower-petals, shaded by
the mysterious darkness of her hair …
Her hand trembled in his, cold as marble. Gently she
drew it away, and her eyelids dropped. The embroidery
slipped from her lap. Ulrik Frederik stooped to pick it up,
bent one knee to the ground, and remained kneeling before
her.
“Mistress Sofie!” he said.
She laid her hand over his mouth and looked at him with
gentle seriousness, almost with pain.
“Dear Ulrik Frederik,” she begged, “do not take it
ill that I beseech you not to be led by a momentary
sentiment to attempt a change in the pleasant relations that have
hitherto existed between us. It serves no purpose but to
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