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the King, as a part of his wedding gift, had settled upon her,
in case of Ulrik Frederik’s death, an income equal to that
at which Kalö was rated, and in doing so he had clearly had
Kalö in mind, since it was conveyed to Ulrik Frederik
six months after their marriage. If they should not patch
up their difference, Ulrik Frederik would very likely have
to give up to her the estate intended for her dowager seat,
and she might as well become familiar with it. It would
be well, too, that Ulrik Frederik should get used to
knowing her in possession of it; he would then the more readily
resign it to her.
What Erik Grubbe really had in mind was to rid himself
of the expense of keeping Marie at Tjele and to make the
breach between Ulrik Frederik and his wife less evident in
the eyes of the world. It was at least a step toward
reconciliation, and there was no knowing what it might lead to.
So Marie went to Kalö, but she did not live in the style
she had pictured to herself, for Ulrik Frederik had given
his bailiff, Johan Utrecht, orders to receive and entertain
Madam Gyldenlöve, but not to give her a stiver in ready
money. Besides Kalö was, if possible, even more tiresome
than Tjele, and Marie would probably not have remained
there long, if she had not had a visitor who was soon to
become more than a visitor to her.
His name was Sti Högh.
Since the night of the ballet in Frederiksborg Park,
Marie had often thought of her brother-in-law, and always
with a warm sense of gratitude. Many a time at Aggershus,
when she had been wounded in some particularly galling
manner, the thought of Sti’s reverent, silently adoring
homage had comforted her, and he treated her in precisely
the same way now that she was forgotten and forsaken as
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