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All night sleep deserted her. The child must
have a father, she repeated to herself över and över
again.
Next day the farmer was sent to Ekeby to fetch
Gösta Berling. Gösta put many questions to the
silent messenger, but learned very little. Yes, the
Countess had been in his house all summer. She
had been strong and had worked. Now a child was
born. It was weak, but the mother would be well
again very soon.
Gösta asked if the Countess knew that her marriage
had been dissolved.
Yes, she knew it now. She had heard it yesterday.
And as long as the journey lasted, Gösta was in
a fever or shivering with cold by turns. What did
she want with him? Why had she sent for him?
He thought of the summer they had spent on
the Löfven shore. They had passed the days in jest
and amusement, and she had been working and
suffering.
He had never thought of the possibility of seeing
her again. Oh, if he had dared hope for it, he
might have gone to her a better man. What had he
to look back upon but the usual mad exploits!
About eight o’clock in the evening, he arrived
and was taken at once to her room. It was already
twilight, and he could hardly see her where she lay.
The farmer and his wife accompanied him into the
room.
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