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Svartsjö church between Gösta Berling and
Elizabeth von Thurn.
Then the baby’s mother was removed with all
possible care to Ekeby, and the baby was christened
there.
The rector talked to her on that occasion, saying
she might still reconsider her determination to
marry such a man as Gösta Berling. She ought to
write to her father first.
“I cannot reconsider it,” she said; “think if my
child should die before it had a father.”
When the third day of calling the banns came,
Elizabeth had been up and well for several days.
In the afternoon the rector came to Ekeby and
married her to Gösta Berling. But none thought of
it as a wedding. No guests were invited—they had
procured a father for the child, that was all.
The mother beamed with quiet joy, as if she had
gained a great aim in life. The bridegroom was
wretched; he thought of her throwing away all the
possibilities of her future life by this marriage with
him. He noticed with dismay that he hardly existed
for her. All her thoughts were given to the child.
A few days later the trouble came; the child died
in a fit of cramps.
It seemed to many people that the mother did
not sorrow so deeply and so passionately as they had
expected; there lay a glimmer of triumph over her.
It seemed as if she rejoiced that she had been
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