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any way seemed good enough to escape from her
captors. Then, only a few days after the betrothal
feast, the change had come, suddenly and surprisingly.
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In the path just before the hall door at Björne there
lay a big stone which had always been the cause
of much trouble and provocation. Carriages were
upset by it, horses and farm laborers stumbled over
it, the dairy maids carrying their heavy milk-pails
tripped över it and spilled the milk, and the stone
was still allowed to remain there because it had lain
there for so many years.
It had been there during the time of Melchior
Sinclaire’s parents, long before he thought of
building Björne, and the great man could not understand
why he should take it up now.
But it happened on one of the last days of August
that two servant girls, carrying a heavy bucket,
stumbled over the stone, fell, and hurt themselves
seriously, and the angry feeling about the stone was
again awakened.
It was only breakfast-time yet. The master was
away taking his morning ride, but as the farm
people were at home between eight and nine, Fru
Gustafva ordered some of the men to come and
dig up the big stone.
They came with spades and crowbars, and dug
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