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And taking up the grouse one by one he flung
them against the wall.
“The devil!” he shouted, “the devil! to offer
crows to Kristian Bergh!”
Just as he was wont to throw the helpless nestlings
against the cliffs he now threw the roasted
grouse against the wall of the dining-hall.
Grease and gravy flew around him; the birds
rebounded from the wall into the middle of the
floor. And the cavaliers rejoiced. Then the angry
voice of the Lady of Ekeby reached their ears.
“Turn him out!” she called to the servants.
But they dared not touch him. After all, he was
Kristian Bergh, the strong captain.
“Turn him out!”
He heard the order, and, terrible in his anger,
he turned to her as a bear turns from the fallen
adversary to the new persecutor. He strode toward
her table, his heavy tread shaking the floor, till he
stood before her with only the end of the table
between them.
“Turn him out!” thundered the Major’s wife
again.
But he was mad; his furrowed forehead and his
great clenched fists filled all with awe. He was a
giant in size and strength. Both guests and
servants trembled and dared not touch him—no one
dared touch him when such rage darkened his
senses.
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