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I would have rebuilt Ekeby. But when I found
nothing at home that I could carry away with me, I
took a few twigs from the shame-stack, for I shall
be overwhelmed with shame when my lady returns
and asks me what I have done with Ekeby.’
“‘Don’t take the blame of what you could not
help,’ answered Beerencreutz again.
“‘But I did not bring them for myself alone,’
continued the Broby parson’s daughter. ‘I took
some for the good gentlemen. If you please,
gentlemen, my father, after all, is not the only man
who has caused shame and sorrow in the world!’
“And she went from one to another and laid
a few twigs on the table before each. Some of them
swore, but most of them admitted she was right.
At last Beerencreutz said, with the calm of the
thorough gentleman, ‘That is well. We thank you,
Anna Lisa. You may go now.’
“When she had left the room he struck his fist
on the table so that the glasses jumped.
“‘From this moment,’ he said, ‘I am a total
abstainer. Never shall drink bring anything of the
kind upon me again!’ And with that he rose and
went out. They followed him by and by, all of
them. Do you know where they went, Gösta? To
the river, to the promontory where the mill and
forge stood, and they began working there. They
began to drag out the beams and stones and clear
the place. The old men have had hard times lately,
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