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The Floral King. 217
“You are allowed at Christmas time to talk in
simple confidence, and to jest with one another, at
the time when we have spread the table for the most
ferocious beasts of prey. My wife and family go to
Fahlun at the New Year, scarcely twenty miles
(130 English miles), to see their relatives. I remain
here alone because I cannot go fifty to see mine;
but everyone must be contented with his lot in
this world.
“If God grant us health, we have more than
Craesus, Solomon and Alexander Magnus, if we know
and understand it. We all begin now, brothers and
sisters, to become aged. I am oldest, age has
broken me the most. Brother Samuel is still said to
be at his best vigour, but now first enters into the
years of an old man. Brother Hodk and Sister
Anna Maria, are likely broken by age and cares. I
pity Sister Sophia Juliana, who must sit like a lone
bird on the roof, since the nest is destroyed. Our
sweet Emerentia, dead, was first called away from
the distressing life of this troublesome world. God
Himself has been her daughter’s guardian. When
now we all soon must depart, let us provide well for
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