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Had not Ulrika Dillner seen him? Yes, both she
and Anna Stjärnhök could tell you about it.
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Friends, children of men! You who dance and you
who laugh, I pray you that you dance carefully
and laugh kindly, for much sorrow may come to pass
if your thin-soled, silken shoe treads upon a
tender human heart instead of the hard floor planks,
and your gay, silver-ringing laugh may drive a soul
to despair.
It must have been that the young people had
trampled too hard upon old Ulrika Dillner; their
laughter must have sounded too overbearing in her
ears, for suddenly there came over her a great and
irresistible longing for the title and dignity
belonging to a married woman. She said “Yes” to
Sintram’s long courtship, married him, and took her
place at Fors as his wife, leaving her old friends at
Berga, the old work she was accustomed to, and the
old struggle for daily bread.
It was a hastily arranged wedding; Sintram proposed
at Christmas, and they were married in February.
Anna Stjärnhök was to spend the winter with
the Ugglas and more than filled Ulrika’s place,
thus leaving her free to go forth and win for
herself the title of Fru.
Her conscience had nothing to reproach her with,
yet she regretted the step she had taken. It was
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