The Girl from the Marsh Croft

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Selma Lagerlöf. The Girl from the Marsh Croft

The Girl from the Marsh Croft

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Selma Lagerlöf

Translator: Velma Swanston Howard

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The Judge has found the place in the law book, and now he begins to administer the oath loudly and distinctly. Then he makes a pause for the defendant to repeat his words. The defendant actually starts to repeat, but he stumbles over the words, and the Judge must begin again from the beginning.

Now she can no longer entertain a trace of hope. She knows now that he means to swear falsely—that he means to bring down upon himself the wrath of God, both for this life and for the life to come.

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