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defiance of her nature and made her draw closer to Ulrik
Frederik. She loved him more tenderly for the very reason
that she felt herself being wronged for his sake. So when
the two were quietly married on the sixteenth of
December, sixteen hundred and sixty, there was the best reason
to believe that she would live happily with the Master
of the King’s Hunt, which was the title and office Ulrik
Frederik had won as his share of the favors distributed by
triumphant royalty.
This private ceremony was not in accordance with the
original plan, for it had long been the intention of the
King to celebrate their wedding in the castle, as
Christian the Fourth had done that of Hans Ulrik and Mistress
Rigitze, but at the eleventh hour he had scruples and
decided, in consideration of Ulrik Frederik’s former
marriage and divorce, to refrain from public display.
So now they are married and settled, and time passes, and
time flies, and all is well—and time slackened its speed,
and time crawled; for it is true, alas! that when Leander
and Leonora have lived together for half a year, the glory is
often departed from Leander’s love, though Leonora usually
loves him much more tenderly than in the days of their
betrothal. She is like the small children, who find the old story
new, no matter how often it is told with the very same
words, the same surprises, and the self-same “Snip, snap,
snout, my tale’s out,” while Leander is more exacting and
grows weary as soon as his feeling no longer makes him
new to himself. When he ceases to be intoxicated, he
suddenly becomes more than sober. The flush and glamor of
his ecstasy, which for a while gave him the assurance of a
demigod, suddenly departs: he hesitates, he thinks, and
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