The Emperor of Portugalia by Selma Lagerlöf
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thought, he asked her to tell him again what had been said about
the queen. Katrina did so, but added: "You understand of course that that was only said to sweeten the pill for me." Jan meanwhile kept mum. But he could not help smiling to himself. "What are you thinking about?" asked Katrina. "You have such a queer look on your face these days. You don't know what they meant, do you?" "I certainly don't," answered Jan. "But we ought to have enough confidence in the little girl to think all is as it should be." "But I'm getting so anxious--" "The time to speak," Jan struck in, "has not come, either for them or me. Glory Goldie herself has probably requested them not to say anything to us, So we must rest easy, Katrina, indeed we must." STARS When the little girl had been gone nearly eight months, who should come stalking into the barn at Falla one fine day, while Jan stood threshing there, but Mad Ingeborg! Mad Ingeborg was first cousin to Jan. But as she was afraid of Katrina he seldom saw her. It was to escape meeting Jan's wife that |
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