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Memoirs of Leonora Christina, Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark

Note E42 — A RECORD OF THE SUFFERINGS OF THE IMPRISONED COUNTESS LEONORA CHRISTINA. (continued 3)

F. E. (Fanny Elizabeth) Bunnett translation

The original has here an untranslatable play upon words. Leth is a family name; and the woman says ‘I am one of the Letter (the Leths),’ but laughter is in Danish ‘Latter.’

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