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throw yourself with penitent prayers at the feet of our
Saviour—”
When the pastor began his speech, Ulrik Christian sat
up at the headboard of the bed. He pointed threateningly
to the door and cried again and again : “Begone, parson!
Begone, march! I can’t abide you any longer!”
“Oh, my dear lord,” continued the clergyman, “if
mayhap you are hardening yourself because you misdoubt
the possibility of finding grace, since the mountain of your
sins is overwhelming, then hear with rejoicing that the
fountain of God’s grace is inexhaustible—”
“Mad dog of a parson, will you go!” hissed Ulrik
Christian between clenched teeth; “one—two!”
“And if your sins were red as blood, ay, as Tyrian
purple— ”
“Right about face !”
“He shall make them white as Lebanon’s—”
“Now by St. Satan and all his angels!” roared Ulrik
Christian as he jumped out of bed, caught a rapier from
the sword-rack, and made a furious lunge after the pastor,
who, however, escaped into the adjoining room, slamming
the door after him. In his rage, Ulrik Christian flung
himself at the door, but sank exhausted to the floor, and had to
be lifted into bed, though he still held the sword.
The forenoon passed in a drowsy calm. He suffered
no pain, and the weakness that came over him seemed a
pleasant relief. He lay staring at the points of light
penetrating the curtain, and counted the black rings in the
iron lattice. A pleased smile flitted over his face when he
thought of his onslaught on the pastor, and he grew
irritable only when Shoemaker’s Anne would coax him to close
his eyes and try to sleep.
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