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# Under the Willow-tree, part 2 · page 2

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- [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/101/) — Above him was the blue sky; below him, the city and the wide-spreading plains of Lombardy; and towards the north, the lofty mountains, covered with perpetual snow.
- [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/102/) — And then he thought of the church of Kjoge, with its red, ivy-clad walls, but he had no longing to go there; here, beyond the mountains, he would die and be buried.
- [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/103/) — Three years had passed away since he left his home; one year of that time he had dwelt at Milan.
- [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/104/) — One day his master took him into the town; not to the circus in which riders performed, but to the opera, a large building, itself a sight well worth seeing.
- [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/105/) — The seven tiers of boxes, which reached from the ground to a dizzy height, near the ceiling, were hung with rich, silken curtains; and in them were seated elegantly-dressed ladies, with bouquets of flowers in their hands.
- [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/106/) — The gentlemen were also in full dress, and many of them wore decorations of gold and silver.
- [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/107/) — The place was so brilliantly lighted that it seemed like sunshine, and glorious music rolled through the building.
- [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/108/) — Everything looked more beautiful than in the theatre at Copenhagen, but then Joanna had been there, and--could it be?
- [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/109/) — Yes--it was like magic,--she was here also: for, when the curtain rose, there stood Joanna, dressed in silk and gold, and with a golden crown upon her head.
- [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/110/) — She sang, he thought, as only an angel could sing; and then she stepped forward to the front and smiled, as only Joanna could smile, and looked directly at Knud.
- [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/111/) — Poor Knud! he seized his master's hand, and cried out loud, "Joanna," but no one heard him, excepting his master, for the music sounded above everything.

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