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Hva skjer

1. The peaceful village and a widowed mother’s care for her child soothe Flemming and renew his gratitude for good people.
2. Berkley returns unexpectedly, and Flemming declines his travel invitation but invites him across the lake.
3. Boatmen take them past monuments marking a butcher’s rescue and a wedding party’s drowning.
4. Berkley mocks Saint Wolfgang beneath the echoing Falkenstein, while Flemming reflects on heaven’s purity.
5. At Saint Wolfgang, Berkley embarrasses a courteous priest with intrusive questions and strange Latin.
6. The priest brings a German stranger who asks about America and declares himself chosen to unite humanity in one church.

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Flemming values the good people he knows above natural beauty. His response to the widow marks a renewed capacity for gratitude and sympathy.

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