"Efter Hjemkomsten spillede vi Lotteri om forskellige Gjenstande, mest Bøger, og derpaa kom Aftensmaden, som bestod af skaaren Smørrebrød, en Kage af Marcipan med et sædeles pragtfuldt, blomstersmykket Laag og Champagne." Således fortæller Henriette Lund om et lille selskab hos "Onkel Søren". Som flere andre af de indbudte småfrøkener var hun endnu ikke konfirmeret, så forældrene fandt arrangementet noget overdrevent, især det med champagnen. Henriette Lund nedskrev først sine erindringer i 1876. Deres kildekritiske værdi er ikke stor, men friskheden i fremstillingen og hendes vedholdende kærlighed til Kierkegaard fejler ingenting.

After our return we played lotto; the prizes consisted of various items, mostly books. Then supper arrived: sandwiches, a marzipan cake covered with most magnificent flowers and champagne." Henriette Lund recounts a little party at "Uncle Søren's." She, like several of the invited little girls, was not yet confirmed, with the result that their parents found the arrangement somewhat overdone, especially the champagne. Henriette Lund first wrote her memoirs in 1876. Their value as a source is not great, but there is nothing the matter with the freshness of the account and her unceasing love for Kierkegaard.

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