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i6 Ellen Key
clares that she had inherited from her grand-
father her passion for soHd buildings. He
also made his own drawings of substantial and
useful furniture.
He did not care for display, yet an old-
fashioned splendour always showed itself, not
the least in the black four-in-hand which was
always used in driving the family and their
guests. He worshipped his wife, and vowed
at eighty that he had never seen a more
beautiful woman. When he was absent dur-
ing the War of 1813, his wife sent him a heart-
locket of silver, containing locks of her own
and their firstborn's hair. The only arrange-
ment he made, concerning his obsequies, was
that this remembrance of the love of his youth
should accompany him to his grave, Ellen
Key received her earliest historic impressions
from the many large steel engravings of the
War of 1 813, which hung on the walls in her
grandfather's room, and the first historic
name she dreamt about was Napoleon.
The grandmother was a tall and remarkably
handsome woman, with a soul of "pure good-
ness. " She taught the four-year-old Ellen to
read from large charts, after the method of
the day. The lessons were made so pleasant,
through the graciousness of the teacher, that
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