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not find it in her heart to die, who had called down
such trouble on her child.
And the Major’s wife longed to go to her, so that
they both might secure peace. She would wander
through the dark forests, beside the shores of the
long river, till she reached the house of her youth.
She could have no rest till she had done that. There
were many who offered her a warm home and all
the gifts of faithful friendship in those days, but she
would not stay. Surly and angry, she went from one
estate to another, for she was oppressed by the curse.
She would go to her mother, but she must put her
house in order. She was not going to leave it in the
hands of such careless spendthrifts, drinkers, and
wasteful destroyers of God’s good gifts.
Was she to go away and find her inheritance
dissipated on her return, her foundries standing
silent, her horses worn out, and her servants
scattered abroad? Oh, no; once more she would rise in
strength, and turn out the cavaliers from Ekeby.
She understood very well how happy her husband
felt in seeing the estates being ruined. But she knew
him well enough to be sure that if she once could
drive away these locusts, he would be too indifferent
to find new ones. If the cavaliers were sent away,
her old bailiff would manage Ekeby on the old lines.
And thus her shadow had often been seen on
the dark roads about the foundries. She had crept
in and out of the crofters’ huts, and had whispered
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