The party landed just at the place where Sir Bugge's
castle had stood, and where Jurgen had walked with his
foster-parents after the burial feast, during. the four happiest
days of his childhood. He was led by the well-known path, over the
meadow to Vosborg; once more the elders were in bloom and the lofty
lime-trees gave forth sweet fragrance, and it seemed as if it were
but yesterday that he had last seen the spot. In each of the two
wings of the castle there was a staircase which led to a place
below the entrance, from whence there is access to a low, vaulted
cellar. In this dungeon Long Martha had been imprisoned, and from
here she was led away to the scaffold. She had eaten the hearts of
five children, and had imagined that if she could obtain two more
she would be able to
