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Chap. LIV.
NESTVED.
363
as the author expresses it, “tre smæk paa rumpen,”
adding, “ Take that to your lord, and tell him by your
bad influence you will some day cause his separation
from Denmark.” The knight was right, for she did so.
We slept but one night at Vordingborg. The scenery
over the water is soft and smiling, soothing to the nerves,
like that of Denmark in general.
NESTVED.
October 3rd.—How the wind did blow, how the rain
did pour, as we drove along the dull road on our way
to Nestved! we had decidedly remained too late in
Møen, and ought already to be lodged safe somewhere,
and not wandering at this season over the wide, blowing
country of the island of Zealand.
The little town of Nestved was of more importance
in former days, and the “ consul and proconsul ” were
treated with becoming respect by King Christian I.,
who summoned them to attend the wedding of Prince
Hans with “ his bride Christina of Saxony,” in these
terms :—“ Christianus I., &c.—Further, dear friends, as
we intend, with the will of God, to keep the wedding of
our son on Sunday next after Bartholomew’s day in
Copenhagen, we invite you to come and enjoy yourselves,
with your wives, and other friends who shall come,”—a
more general invitation than is given to royal weddings
in the present day.
We are lodged at the hotel and rather inclined to
grumble, but the weather after noon-time clears up; the
sun, wearied of staying at home within the black
curtainclouds, comes out for a gaze on this world below, and,
dried and in the sweetest of tempers, we stroll out to
visit Herlufsholm, the Eton—no! Sorø, a real royal
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