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And when it was done, the cavaliers rejoiced. For
a whole year everything that the world contained
would be theirs, and afterwards there was always
some way out of the scrape.
They pushed aside their chairs and formed a ring
round the steaming kettle which stood in the
middle of the floor. In their midst danced the Evil One,
leaping high, till at last he threw himself down
beside the kettle, tilted it over, and drank.
Then Beerencreutz threw himself down beside
him, then Gösta, and after them all the other
cavaliers, till they lay in a ring round the kettle, which
was passed from mouth to mouth. At last a push
sent it over, and the hot, sticky liquid streamed
over them all.
When, swearing, they scrambled up, they found
their dark friend had disappeared, but his golden
promises still seemed to float like shining crowns
over their heads.
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