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him. In the spring her parents made known
to her the King’s proposal, and praised her good
fortune. She answered seriously and determinedly,
"No!" and when they repeated to her
that it should and must happen, she repeatedly
screamed in the greatest anguish, "No no!" and
sank exhausted af her father and mother’s feet,
and humbly prayed them not to force her.
And the mother wrote to the King that
all was going on well, but that her child
was bashful. The King now announced his
visit to Torpe, where her parents, the
Steenbocks, dwelt. The King was received with
rejoicing and feasting, but Catherine had
disappeared and the King himself was the
successful one who found her. She sat dissolved
in tears under the wild rose tree, where she
had bidden farewell to her heart’s beloved.
There was merry song and joyous life in
the old mansion; Catherine alone was sorrowful
and silent. Her mother had brought her
all her jewels and ornaments, but she wore
none of them: she had put on her simplest
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