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He flew to meet his Elizabeth, who had always been faith- 

 ful to him. i Having halted for some days at that place ' 

 [Stenbrohult] i Linnaeus set out for Falun, where he 

 found that his confidential friend Brouwallius ' [was he 

 the traitor ?] c was already made professor of Natural 

 Philosophy at Abo ' [and therefore away in Finland] 

 t and that the object of his affections was longing for his 

 return.' l Another philosopher writes on like occasion : 

 ' Her bonny little blush and radiancy of look when I let 

 down the window and suddenly disclosed myself, are 

 still present to me/ Define a blush a thing of beauty 

 and a joy for ever. A transient thing to treasure up 

 for ever his own, an everlasting flower. Her eyes 

 were ' bright as if with many tears behind them.' 



His presence at once blotted out the chances of 

 the other, the traitor friend, for she was wedding the 

 noblest ; but Carl, who had intended playfully and 

 forgivingly to reproach her for having made him suffer 

 so much, now found the tables turned upon himself. 

 Why had he stayed away so long? And he had to 

 clear himself as best he might for having let science 

 detain him from the charms of love. In vain he showed 

 his doctor's hat. 



Allah is great, no doubt ; and Juxtaposition his prophet, 

 Ah, but the women, alas I they don't look at it in that way. 



Elizabeth scolded him in that tenderly playful way that 



is so charming from the young girl whom one loves, and 



Linnaeus was more in love than ever, with the woman 



1 Diary. 



