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CHAPTER IX
The States-General that convened in Copenhagen in
the late autumn brought to town many of the nobility,
all anxious to guard their ancient rights against encroachment,
but none the less eager for a little frolic after the busy
summer. Nor were they averse to flaunting their wealth
and magnificence in the faces of the townspeople, who had
grown somewhat loud-voiced since the war, and to
reminding them that the line between gentlemen of the realm and
the unfree mob was still firm and immutable, in spite of
the privileges conferred by royalty, in spite of citizen valor
and the glamor of victory, in spite of the teeming ducats in
the strong boxes of the hucksters.
The streets were bright with throngs of noblemen
and their ladies, bedizened lackeys, and richly caparisoned
horses in silver-mounted harness. There was feasting and
open house in the homes of the nobility. Far into the night
the violin sounded from well-lit halls, telling the sleepy
citizens that the best blood of the realm was warming to a
stately dance over parquet floors, while the wine sparkled
in ancestral goblets.
All these festivities passed Marie Grubbe by; none
invited her. Because of their ties to the royal family, some
of the Grubbes were suspected of siding with the King
against the Estate, and moreover the good old nobility
cordially hated that rather numerous upper aristocracy
formed by the natural children of the kings and their
relatives. Marie was therefore slighted for a twofold reason,
and as the court lived in retirement during the session of
the States-General, it offered her no compensation.
It seemed hard at first, but soon it woke the latent
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