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Cousin Kristoffer
In the cavaliers’ wing there was an old bird of
prey that always sat in the chimney-corner and
kept an eye on the fire. He was grey and
unkempt. His small head, with its big beak and
lustreless eyes, drooped mournfully on the long, thin
neck that stuck out above a shaggy collar. For this
bird of prey wore a coat of fur summer and winter.
Formerly he belonged to the flock which, in the
train of the great Emperor, had swept over all
Europe; but what name and title he bore none
ventured to guess. In Värmland they merely knew that
he had taken part in the tumultuous struggle, had
distinguished himself mightily, and was finally
compelled to flee from an ungrateful fatherland, taking
refuge with the Swedish Crown Prince, who advised
him to disappear in distant Värmland. The times
were such that he whose name had made nations
tremble was glad that here none knew him by that
once dreaded name. Having given his word of honor
not to leave Värmland nor to reveal his identity,
he had been sent by the Crown Prince to Ekeby
Hall, with a letter of introduction to the Major.
Thus it happened that the doors of the cavaliers’
wing opened to him.
At first people wondered who the distinguished
stranger could be that lived under an assumed name;
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