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The King then invited Catherine’s parents to
come to Vadstene palace. Catherine was
obliged to accompany them; here King
Gustavus saw her for the first time, and the old
man fell in love with her.
Christmas was kept with great hilarity; there
were song and harp in these halls, and the King
himself played the lute. When the time came
for departure, the King said to Catherine’s
mother, that he would marry the young girl.
"But she is the bride of the Knight
Gustavus!" stammered the mother.
"Young hearts soon forget their sorrows,"
thought the King. The mother thought so
likewise, and as there chanced to come a letter
the same day and hour from the young Knight
Gustavus, Fra Steenbock committed it to the
flames. All the letters that came afterwards
and all the letters that Catherine wrote, were
burnt by her mother, and doubts and evil
reports were whispered to Catherine, that she
was forgotten abroad by her young lover. But
Catherine was secure and firm in her belief of
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