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not leave us!" said she. "He has one here
on the earth, one who can save us, one, who
has proved like us, what it is to wander
amongst enemies and wild animals. It is the
King -- Gustavus Vasa! He has languished like
us! -- gone astray in Dalecarlia in the deep
snow! he has suffered, tried, knows it -- he can
and he will help us!"
The King was in Vadstene. He had called
together the representatives of the kingdom there.
He dwelt in the cloister itself, even there where
little Agda, if the King did not grant her
pardon, must suffer what the angry Abbess
dared to advise: penance and a painful death
awaited her.
Through forests and by untrodden paths, in
storm and snow, Oluf and Agda came to
Vadstene. They were seen: some showed fear,
others insulted and threatened them. The
guard of the cloister made the sign of the cross
on seeing the two sinners, who dared to ask
admission to the King.
"I will receive and hear all," was his royal
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