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“Dear Sören,” said Anne, imitating Marie’s voice and
manner, “won’t you have a serviette, Sören, to wipe your
dainty fingers, Sören, and a bolstered foot-stool for your
feet, Sören? And are you sure it’s light enough for you to
eat with that one thick candle, Sören, or shall I get another
for you? And there’s a flowered gown hanging up in
master’s chamber, shan’t I bring it in? ’T would look so fine
with your red cap, Sören!”
Sören did not deign to answer.
“Ah, won’t your lordship speak to us?” Anne went on.
“Common folk like us would fain hear how the gentry talk,
and I know his lordship’s able, for you’ve heard, Trine,
that his sweetheart’s given him a compliment-book, and
sure it can’t fail that such a fine gentleman can read and
spell both backwards and forwards.”
Sören struck the table with his fist and looked
wrathfully at her.
“Oh, Sören,” began the other girl, “I’ll give you a bad
penny for a kiss. I know you get roast meat and mead from
the old —”
At that moment Marie came in with the cake and set it
down before Sören, but he threw it along the table.
“Turn those women out!” he shouted.
But the tallow would get cold.
He didn’t care if it did.
The maids were sent away.
Sören flung the red cap from him, cursed and swore and
was angry. He didn’t want her to go there and stuff him
with food as if he was an unfattened pig, and he wouldn’t
be made a fool of before people with her making play-actor
caps for him, and there’d have to be an end to this. He’d
have her know that he was the man, and didn’t care to
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