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continuance, her love for him who had saved her
life increased. She recovered, and they
understood each other, but the day of separation
approached. It was on the night previous that
John, in his white cloak, ascended from stone
to stone, holding by his silk ladder, until he at
length entered the window; here they would
converse for hours in all modesty and honour,
speak about his return and their nuptials the
following year; and whilst they sat there the
door was hewn down with axes. Prince Erik
entered, and raised the murderous weapon to
slay the young Lord of East Friesland, when
Cecilia threw herself between them. But Erik
commanded his menials to seize the lover,
whom they put in irons and cast into a low,
dark hole, that cold frosty night, and the next
day, without even giving him a morsel of bread
or a drop of water, he was thrown on to a
peasant’s sledge, and dragged before the King
to receive judgment. Erik himself cast his
sister’s fair name and fame into slander’s
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