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The fever redoubled its fury, the death agony
began. The body was tortured by great pain, but the
soul knew little of it. It was looking in at the gate
of heaven which was opened for the dying.

So an hour passed, and the short death-struggle
was over. Then she lay so peaceful and beautiful that
those standing round her were deeply touched.

“My dear old friend,” said Gösta, “once before
I saw you like this. Now is Margarita Celsing come
to life again! Now she will never give place again
to the Major’s wife of Ekeby.”

When the cavaliers came in from the forge, they
were met by the news of her death.

“Did she hear the hammer?” they asked.

She had heard it, and with that they were obliged
to be content. They learned afterwards that she had
intended leaving Ekeby to them, but that the will
had never been written. They always considered
this a great honor, and prided themselves upon it
as long as they lived. But no one ever heard them
bewail the riches they had lost.

It is said, too, that on that Christmas Eve, Gösta
Berling, standing by the side of his young wife,
made his last speech to the cavaliers. He was
troubled over their fate, now they were all to leave
Ekeby. The trials of old age awaited them. A cold
welcome meets the old and dull even from the

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