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across her shoulder like a gun. They marched bravely
on, in the hot sun, singing all the while:
“One, two, three,
Oh, hee, hee —”
“Whither away, Squire Julius?” they queried on
meeting him, without noticing the pall of grief that
shrouded his brow.
“I am departing from the house of sin and vanity,”
answered the Squire. “I can no longer dwell
amongst idlers and evil-doers, and am now going
home to my mother.”
“Oh, it can’t be true!” they cried. “You do not
want to leave Ekeby, Squire Julius?”
“Yes,” said he, striking the red chest with his
fist by way of emphasis. “As Lot fled from Sodom
and Gomorrah, so do I flee from Ekeby. Now
there is not one righteous man to be found there.
When the earth under those sinners crumbles, and
the rain of sulphur comes pouring down from the
sky, I shall rejoice in God’s just judgment.
Good-by, girls. Shun Ekeby!”
That said, he wanted to proceed on his way, which
was not at all what the merry young girls wished.
They were going up to Dunder Cliff to climb it;
but the road being a long one, they had taken a
notion to drive to the foot of the mountain in Squire
Julius’s hay-cart. Happy those who can rejoice at
the sunshine of life and who need no gourd to
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