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At last she couldn’t bear it any longer, and when she saw
Sti Högh riding past, so they said, she ran out after him,
and followed alongside of his horse for a mile, and he never
so much as drew rein nor listened to her crying and
pleading, but rode on all the faster and left her. That was too
much for her, and so she took deadly poison and wrote Sti
Högh that she did it for him, and she would never stand
in his way, all that she asked was that he would come and
see her before she died.”
“And then?”
“Why, God knows if it’s true what people say, for if
it is, he’s the wickedest body and soul hell is waiting for.
They say he wrote back that his love would have been the
best physic for her, but as he had none to give her, he’d
heard that milk and white onions were likewise good, and
he’d advise her to take some. That’s what he said. Now,
what do you think of that? Could anything be more
inhuman?”
“And Mistress Ermegaard?”
“Mistress Ermegaard?”
“Ay, what of her?”
“Well, no thanks to him, but she hadn’t taken enough
poison to kill her, though she was so sick and wretched,
they thought she’d never be well again.”
“Poor little lamb!” said Marie, laughing.
Almost every day in the time that followed brought some
change in Marie’s conception of Sti Högh and her relation
to him. Sti was no dreamer, that was plain from the
forethought and resourcefulness he displayed in coping with
the innumerable difficulties of the journey. It was evident,
too, that in manners and mind he was far above even the
most distinguished of the noblemen they met on their way.
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