Mirígy’s imprisonment in the linden tree

Mirígy’s imprisonment in the linden tree turns her capture by the little devils into a sentence of permanent confinement. The punishment is specified as a locked hollow in a linden tree, where she is to remain for the duration of her life; her captors deny her mercy and any meaningful chance to answer back.

Sentence and Confinement

The sentence is delivered as an order to follow, coupled with an explicit refusal of mercy. Mirígy is told that she will cool herself in a hollow in a linden tree, shut in and held there forever. The language makes the confinement more than a temporary restraint: its stated duration is the span of her life, and its enclosure is the tree itself.

Capture and Enforcement

The little devils carry Mirígy off to enforce the sentence. Their physical removal of her follows the commands to come with them and not speak, joining the threat of confinement to the spectacle of her being taken away. The passage does not describe a release or escape; the sentence is presented as lasting and final.

Mirígy’s Limited Last Word

Although ordered not to speak, Mirígy is allowed one utterance in her lifetime, and even that is framed as a cry of lament. Her final response is a curse wishing that night become her captors’ daylight. This leaves her with a last expression of defiance, but not with the power to alter the punishment or the little devils’ control over her fate.