The Emperor of Portugallia
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Lagerlöf Selma. The Emperor of Portugallia
BOOK ONE
THE BEATING HEART
GLORY GOLDIE SUNNYCASTLE
THE CHRISTENING
THE VACCINATION BEE
THE BIRTHDAY
CHRISTMAS MORN
GLORY GOLDIE'S ILLNESS
CALLING ON RELATIVES
THE SCHOOL EXAMINATION
THE CONTEST
FISHING
AGRIPPA
FORBIDDEN FRUIT
BOOK TWO
LARS GUNNARSON
THE RED DRESS
THE NEW MASTER
ON THE MOUNTAIN-TOP
THE EVE OF DEPARTURE
AT THE PIER
THE LETTER
AUGUST DÄR NOL
OCTOBER THE FIRST
THE DREAM BEGINS
HEIRLOOMS
CLOTHED IN SATIN
STARS
WAITING
THE EMPRESS
THE EMPEROR
BOOK THREE
THE EMPEROR'S SONG
THE SEVENTEENTH OF AUGUST
KATRINA AND JAN
BJÖRN HINDRICKSON'S FUNERAL
THE DYING HEART
DEPOSED
THE CATECHETICAL MEETING
AN OLD TROLL
THE SUNDAY AFTER MIDSUMMER
SUMMERNIGHT
THE EMPEROR'S CONSORT
BOOK FOUR
THE WELCOME GREETING
THE FLIGHT
HELD!
JAN'S LAST WORDS
THE PASSING OF KATRINA
THE BURIAL OF THE EMPEROR
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Jan of Ruffluck Croft never tired of telling about the day when his little girl came into the world. In the early morning he had been to fetch the midwife, and other helpers; all the forenoon and a good part of the afternoon he had sat on the chopping-block, in the woodshed, with nothing to do but to wait.
Outside it rained in torrents and he came in for his share of the downpour, although he was said to be under cover. The rain reached him in the guise of dampness through cracks in the walls and as drops from a leaky roof, then all at once, through the doorless opening of the shed, the wind swept a regular deluge in upon him.
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Had it been any one else than the mistress of Falla herself that had invited him in, it is doubtful whether he would have gone at all, angry as he was. Her he had to follow, of course, but he took his own time about it. He tried to assume the air and bearing of Eric of Falla, when the latter strode across the floor of the town hall to deposit his vote in the ballot-box, and succeeded remarkably well in looking quite as solemn and important.
"Please walk in," said the mistress of Falla, opening the door for him, then stepping aside to let him go first.
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