With the words Sira Eiliv had spoken the day before still in her mind, she suddenly realized that as fearful… — Sigrid Undset
With the words Sira Eiliv had spoken the day before still in her mind, she suddenly realized that as fearful as she had been for her reckless sons and as sternly as she had often admonished them because she was tormented with anguish for their sakes, she would have been less content with her children if they have been meek and timid.
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