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Fors had prosecuted and also witnessed against the
Captain. It seemed he wanted him out of the way,
for soon afterwards an action was brought against
Sintram himself, it having transpired that he had
sold powder to the Norwegians during the war of
1814. People imagined he had been afraid of what
Captain Lennert could say in the matter. As it was,
he was acquitted on the plea of insufficient proof.
The landlady found it hard to take her eyes from
the man in her kitchen. His hair was grey and his
back bent—he must have had a hard time of it;
but he retained his happy temper and his friendly
face. He was still the same Captain Lennert who
had escorted her to the altar when she was married
and had danced at the wedding. He probably
still stopped on the road with évery one and chatted
with every one he met as he used to do and threw
a copper to every child. He would still tell every
wrinkled hag that she grew younger and more beautiful
day by day, and he was still capable of standing
on a barrel and playing the fiddle for the dancers
round the Maypole. Ah, yes!
“Well, Mother Karin,” he said at last, “are you
afraid of looking at me?”
He had really come there to find out how things
were going at home, and if they expected him there.
They would know that his sentence expired about
that time.
The landlady gave him only good news. His
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