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the Meeting House. It was as if the wide space gave them depth; as if heaven and earth lent them their colours. Then they sang various national airs, in which the others gradually joined. Then a powerful man's voice called for "The death of young Buré."

"The death of young Buré!… The death

 

 

of young Buré!" was eagerly repeated on all sides, while the young men raised themselves to sitting postures.

Ane—Hansine's red-haired friend—was chosen to lead. She sat out at the very end of the boat like a figure head, and began to sing in a high powerful voice, which reminded one of the