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Author: Selma Lagerlöf Translator: Lillie Tudeer
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burst thy bonds! Thou hast risen at the last
moment to thy Maker! Thou hast humbled thyself
before Him, and He has raised thee like a child in
His arms.”

“He has seen God,” said the old man’s son, and
closed his eyes.

“He saw the heavens open,” sobbed the children
and servants.

The old mistress of the house laid her trembling
hand in the Captain’s.

“You have helped him over the worst, Captain.”

He stood dumb before them. The gift of great
words and deeds had been granted him—he did
not know how. He trembled like a butterfly
swaying on the case of its chrysalis, while its wings spread
themselves in the sunshine, glittering like the sunshine
itself.

*



That was the hour which drove Captain Lennert
out among the people. Except for it, he probably
would have returned home and let his wife see his
real face, but from that moment he believed that
God had need of him. He became God’s pilgrim
who carried help to the poor. The want among
them at that time was great, and there was much
misery which common-sense and tenderness could
alleviate better than gold or power could have done.

One day Captain Lennert travelled up to the

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