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or as poor old hopeless Ferryman’s Marie? And shall I
answer for what the others, the child and the woman in the
fullness of life, have sinned, or shall one of them answer
for me? Can you tell me that, Master Holberg?”
“Yet you have had but one soul, goodwife!”
“Have I indeed?” asked Marie, and sat musing for a
while. “Let me speak to you plainly, and answer me truly
as you think. Do you believe that one who his whole life has
sinned grievously against God in heaven, and who in his
last moment, when he is struggling with death, confesses
his sin from a true heart, repents, and gives himself over
to the mercy of God, without fear and without doubt, do
you think such a one is more pleasing to God than another
who has likewise sinned and offended against Him, but then
for many years of her life has striven to do her duty, has
borne every burden without a murmur, but never in prayer
or open repentance has wept over her former life, do you
think that she who has lived as she thought was rightly
lived, but without hope of any reward hereafter and
without prayer, do you think God will thrust her from Him and
cast her out, even though she has never uttered a word of
prayer to Him?”
“That is more than any man may dare to say,” replied
Master Holberg and left her.
Shortly afterwards he went away.
In August of the following year, judgment was
pronounced against Sören Ferryman, and he was sentenced
to three years of hard labor in irons at Bremerholm.
It was a long time to suffer, longer to wait, yet at last it
was over. Sören came home, but the confinement and harsh
treatment had undermined his health, and before Marie
had nursed him for a year, they bore him to the grave.
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