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and utter strange, mournful tones. They
always come in pairs, they said, two and two,
and thus they also fly away again. If one of
them dies, its partner always remains a long
time after all the others are gone; lingers,
laments, and then files away alone and solitary.
When I left the parsonage in the evening,
the moon, in its first quarter, was up. The
May-pole was raised; the little steamer, ’Prince
Augustus,’ with several small vessels in tow,
came over the Siljan lake and into the elv;
a musician sprang on shore, and began to play
dances under the tall wreathed May-pole. And
there was soon a merry circle around it – all so
happy, as if the whole of life were but a
delightful summer night.
Next morning was the Midsummer Festival.
It was Sunday, the 24th of June, and a beautiful
sunshiny day it was. The most picturesque
sight at the festival is to see the people from
the different parishes coming in crowds, in large
boats over Siljan’s lake, and landing on its
shores. We drove out to the landing-place,
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