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him. And he was not recalled home by a penitent
wife.
It must be remembered that the cavaliers never
could understand the share they had in making the
Captain’s wife so stern. Sintram kept his own
counsel. Much censure was bestowed by all the
country side on the wife who was too proud to receive
home such a good husband. People said that any
one attempting to broach the subject to her was
silenced instantly. She could not bear to hear his
name mentioned. Captain Lennert made no attempt
to change her mind.
It was the next day.
An old peasant was lying on his death-bed in
Högberg village. He had received the sacrament;
the strength of life in him was failing—he must
die.
Restless as one about to set forth upon a long
journey, he had his bed carried from the kitchen
to the living-room and from the living-room to the
kitchen, and by that they knew more than by the
heavy rattle in his throat and the failing glance that
his hour had come.
Round about him stood his wife and children and
servants. He had been fortunate, rich, and respected,
and his death-bed was not forsaken, nor did impatient
strangers surround him in his last hour. The
old man spoke of himself as if he stood before the
face of God, and those around him witnessed with
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