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enabled to throw away all her future for the child’s
sake. When her baby went to the angels, he would
still remember that on earth he had a mother who
loved him.
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All this passed very quietly and remained almost
unnoticed. When the banns were called for Gösta
Berling and Elizabeth von Thurn in Svartsjö, most
people did not even know who the bride was. The
clergy and gentry, who knew about the affair, were
chary of talking about it. It almost seemed as if they
feared that some, losing their belief in the power
of conscience, might put an evil construction on
what Countess Elizabeth had done. They were so
frightened that any one might say, “See, after all,
she could not conquer her love for Gösta Berling;
she has married him now under false pretences.”
Oh, the old people were all so full of careful thought
for her. They could not bear that any one should
speak badly of her. They would hardly admit she
had sinned. They did not wish that the soul which
so feared evil should have a single stain.
Another event occurred at that time which was
an additional reason why Gösta’s marriage made so
little stir. Major Samzelius met with a misfortune.
He had become more odd and shy than ever, spent
his time chiefly among animals, and kept quite a
small zoölogical garden down at Sjö.
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