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Chapter 44

           ’"Thefarmhousewasverysmallandaspacewasclearedinthehayloftabovethebarnformycampbed.Itookmymealswiththefamily.Nygaardtalkedonlywithme.Hissister-in-lawremainedsilent.Herchloroticdaughterthesame.Ithinktheinhibitedboywouldhavelikedtojoinin,buthisunclecouldrarelybebotheredtotranslatewhatwesaid.ThosefirstdaysnoneofthislittleNorwegiandomesticsituationseemedimportanttome,becausethebeautyoftheplaceandtheextraordinaryrichnessofitsbirdlifeoverwhelmedme.Ispenteachdaylookingandlisteningtotherareduckandgeese,thedivers,thewildswans,thataboundedinalltheinletsandlagoonsalongtheshore.Itwasaplacewherenaturewastriumphantoverman.Notsavagelytriumphant,asonemayfeelinthetropics.Butcalmly,noblytriumphant.Itissentimentaltotalkofalandscapehavingasoul,butthatonepossessedastrongercharacterthananyotherIhaveseen,beforeorsince.Itignoredman.Manwasnothinginit.Itwasnotsobleakthathecouldnotsurviveinittheriverwasfullofsalmonandotherfishandthesummerwaslongandwarmenoughtogrowpotatoesandacropofhaybutsovastthathecouldnotequalortameit.Imakeitsoundforbidding,perhaps.However,frombeingratherfrightenedbythesolitudewhenIfirstarrivedatthefarm,IrealizedintwoorthreedaysthatIhadfalleninlovewithit.Aboveall,withitssilences.Theevenings.Suchpeace.

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