Den första meningen ska antagligen lyda ”karttuvia vaikeuksia ilmestyi talon pidossa” och den kan översättas som ”tilltagande svårigheter uppstod vid skötseln av huset”. Den senare meningen blir ”Silja, denna enda, vars liv fortsatte upp till vuxen ålder”.

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Rurik Holmberg

She continued to sit where she was, allowing her features peacefully to depict her beautiful, melancholy mood, as though with her languorous gaze she were demanding that the young man notice it. The young man, who had just lost his mother, found a great sweetness in the girl’s nature and gaze. He needed to sling the reins over the corner post of the veranda where she sat. He stretched across her shoulder and put them there… There they were that summer evening, Hilma and Kustaa, future companions in fate and parents of the children they would bring into the world together. For them that evening would not pass by being set aside.

Här är hela det tredje kapitlet, där jag hittade raderna.