er and friend of Kinck – Holm – is his name – and he is

still here. And then we have also had a visit from Consul

Mohr and his wife and daughter and daughter-in-law – nice peo-

after all, – in which case I must return the money

to him or give him a different picture; for I have soon

used them up. I have had to interrupt work on

the building again; I cannot manage any more right now, – this

bloody road construction, which sends thousands of rocks onto

our heads every day and threatens to drive holes in all the roofs,

it has also taken my workers from me; – there is a

cacophony of explosions all day long – so we are nervously

scouting for the children, to see if they are in the vicinity of the explosions.

Well your children we have not yet seen a trace of, – they must

not have liked being here last year, – I hear that they are

still down at Lergrovbakken – or on the mountain grazing farm.

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