"Havde jeg ellers været i Humør, var jeg vistnok kommet til at smile ved dette Syn; thi han befandt sig aabenbart slet ikke vel. Den lille Kalot blev skubbet frem og tilbage paa Hovedet med en feberagtig Hast, medens det ellers saa milde Ansigt havde et saa inderlig fortrædeligt Udtryk." Således Henriette Lund i et tilbageblik på stift provst Trydes desperate optræden ved bisættelsen af Kierkegaard i Frue Kirke 18. november 1855. Tryde var J.P. Mynsters opfindelse, men skuffede noget, dels ved at være mere spekulativ end sin opfinder, dels ved sine sympatier for Grundtvig. Tryde var kort sagt et af disse alt for forsonlige mennesker, som let forputter sig i historien.		"Had I been in the mood for it, I would probably have smiled at this sight, since he evidently was not in the least comfortable. His little skullcap was pushed back and forth on his head at a feverish pace, while his face, usually so benign, wore an expression of profound annoyance." Thus commented Henriette Lund when looking back at Deacon Tryde's desperate performance at Kierkegaard's funeral in the Church of Our Lady on Nov. 18, 1855. Tryde was the creature of J.P. Mynster, but proved something of a disappointment, partly by being more speculative than his inventor, partly by his sympathies for Grundtvig. Tryde was, in short, one of these all too conciliatory persons, who easily get mislaid in history.

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