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devilish thing as it lay in the fire. The letters shone
red as on a black ground, and he had not been able
to resist the temptation of reading it. He read,
it was said, that the devil would lay waste all
the country as far as the steeple of Bro church was
visible. He desired to see the forest surrounding
the church and bears and wolves dwelling in the
abodes of men. The fields would lie waste, and the
sound of dogs or cocks would be heard no more
in the land. Sintram would serve his master by
bringing ruin upon them all. This was what he
promised to do.
And men looked into the future with silent dismay,
for they knew the power of the Evil One was
great—that he hated every living soul, that he
desired to see the wilderness overspread the valleys,
and that he would make plague or famine or war
serve his turn in driving away every one who loved
work—good heart-gladdening work.
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