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In truth, pride and selfishness were ruining the
hearts of the poor adventurers. Sintram had instilled
hate into them, and they could not have been in
greater danger if the Major’s wife had remained at
Ekeby. More die in the flight than on the field of
battle.
She did not cherish any great anger against the
men. Had the power been hers, she would have
punished them as you whip unruly boys, and then
received them into favor again. But she feared for
the well-being of her beloved home, left in the hands
of the cavaliers, to be guarded as the wolf guards the
sheepfold and the storks guard the spring seed.
There are many who have suffered in the same
way. She was not alone in seeing ruin descend over
the beloved home, and feeling despair when the
cherished homestead fell to pieces. Many have seen
the home of their childhood return their gaze like a
wounded animal. Many have felt themselves guilty
when they have seen the old trees dying away in
the grasp of the lichens and the garden walks
covered with grass. They could have fallen upon their
knees before the fields, which formerly were covered
with rich harvests, and begged them not to blame
them for their shameful condition. And they turn
away from the poor old horses; some one braver
must meet their eyes. And they do not dare stand
at the yard gate and see the cows returning from
pasture.
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