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the back yard, marched with a kind of dignity to
the house-steps, Beerencreutz and Julius leading
Captain Lennert between them.
“Gather yourself together, Lennert,” they said
to him; “you are at home now. Don’t you see you
are at home?”
He raised his eyes and became almost sober.
He was touched that they had accompanied him
home.
“Friends,” he cried, and paused to make a speech.
“I have asked God, my dear friends, why so much
evil has come över me!”
“Shut up, Lennert, don’t preach!”shouted
Beerencreutz.
“Let him speak,” said Sintram; “he talks very
well.”
“I have asked Him and have not
understood—understand now. He wished to show me what good
friends I had—friends who bring me home to see
my children and my wife’s joy. For my wife awaits
me! What are five years of misery in comparison?”
Hard fists thumped on the door. The cavaliers
had no time to listen to more.
There was a movement inside. The servant girls
awoke and peeped out. They dressed hurriedly,
but did not dare to open the door to the group
of men. At last the bar was drawn aside. The
Captain’s wife herself stepped out.
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