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sation from Sandal for all his efforts with his {...}

old doddering mother, – even though he will get the house

for the old bargain listed price, – Engel, who is better informed

about the matter than I, says the same thing. I therefore think

that you can buy the house from Sandal, if you can have it

for 4–5 hundred and perhaps a little more; – Sandal has

in fact said earlier this spring, that he does not want to leave

the house to Johannes, – and Johannes has given Sandal

a written record of, what he has received, and what he

demands for his mother, without Sandal having had anything

to object to regarding the correctness of the amount that Johannes

claimed to have received, on the other hand he was “horrified”, –

by the amount, that Johannes demanded for his mother;

(the amount that Johannes demanded was designated as the lowest

tariff by the poverty relief commissioner). Johannes is

still due 760 kr. from Sandal according to a very low

estimate. – Well enough of that. – The house or loft at Myklebùst

has been drawn up and measured by an architect this summer and will be pur-

chased by the folk museum in Bygdö Kra. –––

Well things are not looking good for Engel – she is still bedridden

and has an ailing heart – it has not been easy for us

this summer – without a housemaid – (we hired first one then

another), – and we have been penniless the entire time, and we

had to hire a nurse for a while, – and now grandmother is leaving

for Bergen today ^{Tuesday boat Förde Bergen}, – and I have had the nerve to send

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