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wife had been as capable as a man. She had hired
the farm from the new proprietor, and everything
had prospered in her hands; the children were well,
and it was a pleasure to see them. And, of course,
they were expecting him. The Captain’s wife was
a severe woman, who never spoke all her thoughts,
but the landlady knew very well that no one had
eaten with the Captain’s spoon nor sat in his chair
since he had been away, and during the spring no
day had passed without her going to the big stones
on the top of Broby Hill to look down the road
for his coming, and she had prepared new clothes
for him, clothes which she had woven herself. You
could know from these signs that he was expected,
even if she spoke little about it.
“They don’t believe I did it?” said Captain Lennert.
“No, Captain,” replied the peasant woman, “no
one believes it.”
Then Captain Lennert had no wish to tarry longer,
he wanted to go home at once.
It happened that outside the inn he met dear
old friends. The Ekeby cavaliers had
arrived—Sintram had invited them thither to celebrate his
birthday—and the cavaliers lost no time in shaking
hands with the released convict and welcoming him
home again. Sintram did the same.
“Dear Lennert,” he said, “you may be sure God
had a meaning in doing it!”
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