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Sören, until he was quite beside himself and thought
sometimes that he would run away and sometimes that he would
kill himself.
The maids were, of course, his worst tormentors.
One evening they were busy making candles in the hall
at Tjele. Marie was standing beside the straw-filled vat in
which the copper mould was placed. She was busy dipping
the wicks, while the kitchen-maid, Anne Trinderup, Sören’s
cousin, was catching the drippings in an earthenware dish.
The cook was carrying the trays back and forth, hanging
them up under the frame, and removing the candles when
they were thick enough. Sören sat at the hall table looking
on. He wore a gold-laced cap of red cloth trimmed with
black feathers. Before him stood a silver tankard full of
mead, and he was eating a large piece of roast meat, which
he cut in strips with his clasp-knife on a small pewter plate.
He ate very deliberately, sometimes taking a draught from
his cup, and now and then answering Marie’s smile and
nod with a slow, appreciative movement of his head.
She asked him if he was comfortable.
H’m, it might have been better.
Then Anne must go and fetch him a cushion from the
maids’ room.
She obeyed, but not without a great many signs to the
other maid behind Marie’s back.
Did Sören want a piece of cake?
Yes, that mightn’t be out of the way.
Marie took a tallow dip and went to get the cake, but
did not return immediately. As soon as she was out of the
room, the two girls began to laugh uproariously, as if by
agreement. Sören gave them an angry, sidelong glance.
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