Well many thanks for your hospitality – and all Your kindness towards

me. – Well it’s a bit late to thank you now several

weeks later, – – but You are aware of my failings

when it comes to writing, – I have also been very

busy with “spring work” both in the garden and especially

with building the final “turf wall” above the farmyard

in order to prevent everything from sliding down into it, – and then

a water vein revealed itself which caused me a great deal of

trouble, as it coursed down in front of “Gamlestùen” where

there had always been a pond, that little Per was always rowing

in and often drank from. ––– When I came home I

immediately went to see Aasen to hear how things stood with

the building project – but he was cross and felt that Kramer

was too ^(stingy) “close-fisted” with him, – – he felt that he had

lowered his price to such an extent, that he would earn nothing, etc. – and that

the difference was only 100 Kr., when you “parted company” – (based on what

he had quite definitively understood) – I said that it

was a misunderstanding on his part, and that both Kramer

and I expected, that during the course of the winter he would come

by my place in order to decide the matter, – as it was quite

dependent on, whether he would “add” what was

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