“I mean that it’s only a man’s sins that it does any good for him to regret.” “Why is that?” “Because no one is good without God. And we can do nothing good without Him. So it’s futile to regret a good deed, Ulf, for the good you have done cannot be taken back; even if all the mountains should fall, it would still stand.” “Well, well. That’s not how I see things, my Sira. I’m tired . . .” “Yes . . . and you must be hungry too. Come with me over to the cookhouse, Ulf,” said the priest. “Thank you, but I have no wish to eat anything,” said Ulf Hal dorssøn. “All the same, you must come with me
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