- The Witch of Dovre comes to Borg. When she is asking for a ham, Märta Dohna answers that she would rather give the ham to the magpies than to an old hag. Enraged the Witch condemns Märta Dohna, and declares that the magpies will eat her. Immediately the garden is overcrowded with magpies. They attack Märta. Unable to go outside anymore, Märta and Henrik leave Borg for ever. The marriage between Henrik and Elisabet is nullified. In a peasant's homestead Elisabet delivers their baby. She calls for Gösta Berling, and asks him to marry her, not because she loves him, but because the baby needs a legal father. She marries Gösta and moves to Ekeby. The summer is torrid, causing empty wells, crop failure and famine. The poor think it's the scourge of God, and accuse the priest for being the cause of it, because of his avarice. The people are searching in the woods for the poor girl that almost got married to Gösta, and now has disappeared. When they are told that she was driven away harshly from Ekeby some days ago, their wreath turns towards the Cavaliers, and they march to Ekeby to burn it down.—Maths Jesperson {maths.jesperson1@comhem.se}
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