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SØBORG.
Chap. XXIII.
joy of Denmark, who fear for young, puny Christopher,
and love not the Mecklenburg succession: he too is
carried off; the nobles of the realm look grave. The
king has quitted his royal consort, and will not allow
her name to be mentioned before his face.
According to the chronicle, one fine day as the
king was about to mount his horse he fell into deep
thought, and continued to stand with one foot in the
stirrup. At last one of his servants ventured to
inquire why he was thus standing. The king replied
somewhat impetuously, “Either discover what is now
passing in my mind, or never appear again before
my sight.” So much for indiscreet curiosity. The
servant, in a despairing mood, fearful of “ warning,”
wandered forth into the forest, and there fell in with a
man seated by a large fire, probably a charcoal-burner.
The man inquired why he was so downcast; and
when he had heard the story, desired him to tell the
king “ that Sweden would perhaps come to Denmark
if he would again see his cast-off queen.” The servant
brought the message to his sovereign; but Valdemar
waxed wroth, and vowed he would never see her more.
One day, as the king was hunting near Søborg, where
Queen Hedvig was at this time incarcerated, he met
with a beautiful girl in a green dress, of whom he
became enamoured. This girl, Anna of Jutland, was in
the queen’s service, and, by previous concert between
the nobles and Hedvig, arranged to change clothes
and rooms with her mistress; it was not until some
time after that Valdemar discovered the deception. In
due time Margaret, destined later to unite under one
sceptre the crowns of Scandinavia, made her
appearance. Queen Hedvig gained little, by this addition to
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