| Countess Eleonora Christina ULFELD - 1872 - 358 pages
...your son. You cannot know what may happen to you in your old age. If I die, you will be plunged into poverty ; for as soon as you receive your money, you...asked whether I wished him to lock the doors, as I was now free. I replied, ' So long as I remain within the doors of my prison, I am not free. I will moreover... | |
| Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (grevinde) - 1872 - 358 pages
...your son. You cannot know what may happen to you in your old age. If I die, you will be plunged into poverty ; for as soon as you receive your money, you...asked whether I wished him to lock the doors, as I w;is 1 In the margin : ' She had him learn wood-carving.' now free. I replied, ' So long as I remain... | |
| Literature - 1873 - 968 pages
...released her. She hoped and waited until the morning of the 19th of May, 1685, when word was brought her that the lord chancellor, Count Allefeldt, had sent the prison governor a royal order for her release, and that she could leave when she pleased. She gathered and packed up her prison treasures,... | |
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