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He shook his clenched fist before her face, asking
her if she knew of a punishment severe enough for
a crime such as hers.
She was not at all afraid of him, for she was sure
she had done right. She replied that she had a cold
in the head, and that was quite punishment enough.
“Elizabeth,” said Countess Märta, “this is not
a thing to joke about.”
“We,” the young woman answered, “have never
agreed about the right time for joking or
seriousness.”
“But you ought to be able to understand, Elizabeth,
that no honest woman leaves her home in the
middle of the night to wander about with a
well-known adventurer.”
Then Elizabeth Dohna saw that her mother-in-law
had determined to ruin her. She understood she
must fight with every faculty, or that woman would
draw down a fearful misfortune upon her.
“Henrik,” she cried, “don’t let your mother
stand between us! Let me tell you how it all
happened. You are just—don’t judge me unheard. Let
me tell you how it all happened, and you will see
that I have only done what you taught me.”
The Count nodded a dumb assent, and Elizabeth
told him how she had driven Gösta Berling into
bad ways. She told him all that had taken place in
the little blue cabinet, and how her conscience had
forced her to try and save the man to whom she had
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