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hence as it may, good will come of it, I feel; for you
have again taken up your abode in my heart, and I feel
again at home there. And now—look! I am yours,
your wife, your servant, every thing you wish, Axel! I
feel that you again are mine. Come death, come life,
cares, sorrows, still I shall be happy in you, in your kind-
ness, in your love, with the certainty that you are mine and
that I am yours.”
When such words have been uttered between husband
and wife, there is not much more to say. There is then
only one language, silent yet eloquent, one which can ex-
press the fullness of the feelings. Ellina felt the glowing
words fall like a dew upon her throbbing forehead, upon
her cheeks, upon her eyelids. Every wrinkle of time, and
sorrow seemed to be effaced by these words. It was as if
she had become young again. Paradise was again bloom-
ing within and round the two.
When Axel rowed Ellina back to their house, the moon
had gone down behind the hills and the night had become
quite dark. But the sea shone and sparkled at every
stroke, and fiery pearls dropped from the oars. Over the
heads of husband and wife the stars peeped forth out of
the fleecy clouds, and “the bridal-lights on the height ”
shone and danced brighter than usual against the dark
sky. “The bridal lights” shone again in Ellina’s heart,
and everywhere, in the sky and on the earth, she beheld
again as on her own bridal-night, “so many, oh, so many
lights.”
And it was never more to be extinguished, the steady
beam which fell into her heart; its waves might rise or
fall, but light would always be there. The consciousness
of this filled Ellina with celestial, child-like joy. Yes,
she was so happy, so confident, that she became almost
like a child. She toyed with the glittering ripples — they
also were full of love’s life—she splashed her hands in
them, and made them glisten and glitter, and in wanton
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