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ground.” And he meant what he said. If she had loved him
as passionately as he loved her, then perhaps, but now—never.
Sofie went to him and laid her head on his shoulder,
weeping.
“Farewell, Ulrik Frederik,” she said. “Go, go! I would
not hold you one hour after you longed to be gone, no, not
if I could bind you with a hair.”
He shook his head impatiently. “Dear Sofie,” he said,
winding himself out of her arms, “let us not play a
comedy with each other. I owe it both to you and to myself
that the pastor should join our hands; it cannot be too
soon. Let it be in two or three days—but secretly, for it
is of no use to set the world against us more than has been
done already.” Sofie dared not raise any objection. They
agreed on the time and the place, and parted with tender
good-nights.
When Ulrik Frederik came down into the garden, it
was dark, for the moon had veiled itself, and a few heavy
raindrops fell from the inky sky. The early cocks were
crowing in the mews, but Daniel had fallen asleep on his
post.
A week later his best parlor was the scene of Mistress
Sofie’s and Ulrik Frederik’s private marriage by an
obscure clergyman. The secret was not so well guarded,
however, but that the Queen could mention it to the King a
few days later. The result was that in a month’s time the
contract was annulled by royal decree, and Mistress Sofie
was sent to the cloister for gentlewomen at Itzehoe.
Ulrik Frederik made no attempt to resist this step.
Although he felt deeply hurt, he was weary, and bowed
in dull dejection to whatever had to be. He drank too
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