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 hussar’s uniform; a black velvet mantle flies behind him over his horse. Only look how he gallops along!”

And Hjalmar saw this Olé Luk-Oie rode on, taking up both young and old, and carrying them away on his horse. He placed some before, and others behind; but he always inquired first, “How stands your book of merit?”