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Quote from "The Bishop of Börglum and his Men" (1861)

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Now they are in France, and they meet a gallant knight followed by twelve men-at-arms. The knight pauses and looks at the strange wagon and then asks the younger of the women what country they have come from and what their journey's destination is. She explains that they are from Thy, in Denmark, tells of her cares and misery, but these all seem to come to an end; our Lord has guided them together – the stranger knight is her son! He holds out his arms and embraces her, and the poor mother weeps, which she has not been able to do for many years, but rather has bitten her lips until blood has come forth.

Source: Jean Hersholt's translation of "The Bishop of Börglum and his Men"

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1. Faith in Providence
2. God

Keywords: Mother, son, reunion

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