- The enraged people are marching to Ekeby to burn it down. The Cavaliers try to mollify them by offering them food and drink for free. The dispute is interrupted by a new group of people, who in a silent procession are carrying the dead body of the poor girl that Gösta Berling once was going to marry. When Gösta sees the dead girl, he breaks down and flees into the wood. Suddenly the mansion house is burning. Everybody, the people as well as the Cavaliers, try to put the fire out, but in vain. At the same time the priest is praying alone in the church. He asks God to forgive his avarice and let the long torrid period cease. In a moment a bolt of lightning is seen in the sky, and the rain starts pouring down. Elisabet finds her husband Gösta tied up in a cabin in the wood. The crofters have stopped him from committing suicide. Eliabet orders Gösta to come home and help the Cavaliers rebuild Ekeby. The former Mistress of Ekeby returns to the estate at Christmas Eve. She is very sick and has just a few days more to live. She is bitter and vindictive, but is reconciled with Gösta and the Cavaliers before she dies.—Maths Jesperson {maths.jesperson1@comhem.se}
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