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crowded around him and tried to tell him the same tale,
for they were afraid that if they did not, they might be
punished. Palle refused to listen to them, saying it was all
gossip and stupid slander. The fact was, the whole thing was
extremely inconvenient to him: divorce, journeys to court,
lawsuit, and various expenditures—he preferred to avoid
them. No doubt the story could be hushed up and smoothed
over and all be as before. Marie’s unfaithfulness did not
in itself affect him much; in fact, he thought it might be
turned to advantage, by giving him more power over her
and possibly also over Erik Grubbe, who would surely be
anxious to keep the marriage unbroken, even though it had
been violated.
When he had talked with Erik Grubbe, however, he
hardly knew what to think, for he could not make out the
old man. He seemed furious, and had instantly sent off
four mounted men with orders to take Sören dead or alive,
which was certainly not a good way of keeping matters
dark; for many other things might come up in a trial for
attempted murder.
In the evening of the following day, three of the men
returned. They had caught Sören at Dallerup, where the
gray horse had fallen under him, and had brought him to
Skanderborg, where he was now held for trial. The fourth
man had lost his way and did not return until a day later.
In the middle of January, Palle Dyre and Marie moved
to Nörbæk manor. He thought the servants would more
easily forget when their mistress was out of their sight, but
in the latter part of February they were again reminded
of the affair, when a clerk came from Skanderborg to ask
whether Sören had been seen in the neighborhood, for he
had broken out of the arrest. The clerk came too early, for
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