The Last Years in Stockholm 157 drove her away. It was, as already noted, her deep yearning for the country, a yearning which had been present during all the years in Stockholm. This longing did not, however, attain its original goal—the home of her child- hood—as she exr 'ned in an interview. When the question s put to her as to where she wished to live, she answered : " My parental home, Sundsholm, where I was bom and where I spent the happy years of my childhood, is now in the hands of strangers. Never again may I return there. But thither I yearn with my whole heart, though in vain. How happy I should be if I could procure that bit of soil, if it were vouchsafed me to enter Sundsholm as its owner, to be allowed to arrange and direct and work there, to see the trees blossom and the grass grow in the place where my soul and all my being have their roots, and to sleep in the little gable room where I dreamt the dreams of my childhood." From her child- hood home and her paradise, the little gable room at Sundsholm, Ellen Key was driven out into the bustling world to assist in the building of new homes for new people. Her youth and her dream life she carries with her, and where- ever she has her home youth and visions will accompany her as long as she lives.