<s id="NEST_Oppno.s1">Oppe paa Aulestad, under sit elskede Hjems beskyttende Tag, lever og virker Bj�rnstjerne Bj�rnson i stolt Uafh�ngighed, som en Jarl paa sit Herres�de.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s1">On Aulestad, under his beloved homes protective roof is Bjornstjerne Bjornson proud and independent like an Earl on his manor.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s2">Med et �rneblik f�lger han alle Tidens foreteelser ude og hjemme.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s2">With a keen glance he follows the every day occurrences home and away.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s3">Naar det synes ham n�dvendigt, griber han ind med sin Vilje og myndige Stemme.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s3">When necessary, he intervenes with his will and masterful voice.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s4">D�r sidder han fri og st�rk, urokkelig trods Alt, beskyttet mod alle Samtidens giftige Pile ved det Panser, han har i Bevidstheden om sin Mission og sine Hensigters uskr�mtede �rlighed.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s4">There he sits free and strong, unshakeable towards it all, protected against the poisonous arrows of time by the armor he holds in his consciousness of his mission and his intentions sincere honesty.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s5">Og det er fra de rene Kilder af godt anvendte Levnetsdage, at hans altoverskyllende, frodige Uforf�rdethed v�lder frem.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s5">It is from the purest sources of his well spent days that his overriding, luscious intrepidity pours out.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s6">De str�nge S�der og de regelm�ssige Vaner og denne �dle husholderiske N�gternhed, der vidner om en udviklet Ansvarsf�lelse, er det, som giver ham det sublime Alvor og det moralske Fodf�ste, og derfra henter han op Renhed i Viljen og en Indignation, der er �gte.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s6">The stern customs, regular habits, and this noble domesticated soberness that witness a developed sense of responsibility, is what gives him the sublime gravity and the moral foothold from which he derives a purity in his will and a genuine indignation.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s7">Amalie Skram</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s7">Amalie Skram</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s8">Gjestene kommer</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s8">The guests are arriving</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s9">Det er sommer p� Aulestad, en godv�rsdag med lett bris.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s9">It is a fair weathered, but gently breezy summer's day at Aulestad.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s10">Fra stengene vaier ni nasjoners flagg; det norske, danske, svenske, finske, engelske, hollandske, amerikanske, franske og russiske.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s10">Flags of nine nations are waving from the flagpoles; the Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, English, Dutch, American, French and Russian.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s11">De to siste heises vanligvis p� samme stang som symbol p� alliansen mellom de to landene.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s11">The last two are usually hoist together on the same pole as a symbol of the alliance between the two countries.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s12">Kusken Petter er reist til F�berg stasjon for � hente gjestene for flere timer siden, men f�rst har han v�rt fremme foran d�ren for � vise at selet�y og landauer er blanke og fine.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s12">Petter, the coachman, left several hours ago to fetch the guests at Faaberg station, but first he was in front of the door to show that the harness and landau is shiny and nice.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s13">Det er en seremoni Bj�rnson bruker som p�skudd til � gi hestene Esau og Jakob sukker.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s13">It is a ceremony Bjornson uses as an excuse to feed some sugar cubes to Esau and Jacob, the horses.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s14">Dette visste Petter, derfor var pussingen av selet�yet prikkfri p� den siden Bj�rnstjerne inspiserte, mens den kunne v�re litt mindre forseggjort p� den andre.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s14">Petter knew this, so the harness on the side where Bjornson inspected was spotless, while the other side could be a little less elaborately done.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s15">Inne i hovedhuset er alt gjort i stand til gjestebud, og alt skinner i sin fineste puss.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s15">Inside the main house is everything made ready for banquet, and everything is shiny and polished.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s16">Et syn for seg er spisebordet, som glimter i s�lv og krystall.</s> <s id="NEST_Oppno.s17">Og vasene med bl�klokker og prestekrager m�ter sitt eget speilbilde i glassbrettet de er plassert p�.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s16">A vision in itself is the dining table which twinkles in silver and crystal, and the vases with harebell and oxeye daisies are reflected in the glass tray they are placed on.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s18">Barnebarnas �yne har allerede mange ganger s�kt viserne p� det store t�rnuret.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s19">Endelig ringer telefonen.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s20">Det er gamle Lisa p� sentralen som har utnevnt seg selv til herold som meddeler at i dette �yeblikk kj�rte vognen forbi.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s21">Meldingen sprer seg til hele huset og setter alle i bevegelse.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s17">The message spreads fast around the house and everyone is getting busy.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s22">Ute i kj�kkenet forter Pariser-Karen seg med � gi �rretvannet et oppkok, og barna stormer ut p� verandaen for � sette i et rungende hurra idet vognen svinger opp all�en.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s18">In the kitchen is Parisian-Karen hurrying to boil the water for the trout, and the children are rushing onto the veranda to cheer the carriage welcome, as it turns up into the avenue.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s23">Hengebjerkene danner en portal mot den store, r�dmalte l�vebygningen med t�rnur og matklokke midt imot, og n� svinger vognen til venstre langs de gamle stabbesteinene inn p� tunet der hovedbygningen ligger ruvende og festlig, klar til � ta imot gjestene.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s19">The silver birches creates a portal against the large, red barn with a tower clock and a food clock right towards, and the carriage turns left by the old guard stones and into the yard where the main building stands tall and festive, ready to greet the guests.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s24">En lignende velkomst hadde Bj�rnsonfamilien f�tt f�rste gangen de kom til Aulestad en junidag i 1875.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s20">A similar welcome had the Bjornson family gotten the first time they arrived Aulestad a day in June, 1875.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s25">Familien hadde kj�pt g�rden �ret f�r mens de enn� bodde i Italia.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s21">The family had purchased the farm the previous year while they still lived in Italy.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s26">Det var deres venner i folkeh�yskolemilj�et rundt Vonheim, med Karl Seip i spissen, som hadde st�tt for kj�pet.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s22">It was their friends from the county college environment around Vonheim who organized the purchase, with Karl Seip as head of the project.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s27">Familien Bj�rnson hadde blitt hentet p� Lillehammer brygge etter en lang og strabasi�s reise med tog fra Oslo til Minne.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s23">The Bjornson family had been fetched at the Lillehammer wharf after a long and exhausting journey by train from Oslo to Minne.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s28">Videre hadde turen g�tt med b�t over Mj�sa til Lillehammer.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s24">Then the journey had gone by ship across the lake Mjosa and to Lillehammer.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s29">Der hadde naboen Per B� ventet med nyinnkj�pt trille forspent med Storrauden og Jegerhesten for � kj�re dem de to siste milene hjem.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s25">There the neighbor Per Bo had waited, with a new carriage with the two horses buckled in front, to carry them the last twelve miles home.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s30">Karl Seip var selv kusk, og da de passerte den nye folkeh�yskolebygningen og veien svinget over Never�a, forkynte han at n� var Bj�rnson p� egen grunn.</s> <s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s26">Karl Seip was also a coach, and when they passed the new county college and the road turned over the small river Neveroa he announced that he was now Bjornson on own grounds.</s>

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s31">Da ble Bj�rnson s� r�rt at han tok av hatten, grep sin hustru Karoline i h�nden og utbr�t:</s> <s id="NEST_Oppno.s32">

<s id="NEST_Oppno.s1">Oppe paa Aulestad, under sit elskede Hjems beskyttende Tag, lever og virker Bj�rnstjerne Bj�rnson i stolt Uafh�ngighed, som en Jarl paa sit Herres�de.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s1">On Aulestad, under his beloved homes protective roof is Bjornstjerne Bjornson proud and independent like an Earl on his manor.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s2">Med et �rneblik f�lger han alle Tidens foreteelser ude og hjemme.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s2">With a keen glance he follows the every day occurrences home and away.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s3">Naar det synes ham n�dvendigt, griber han ind med sin Vilje og myndige Stemme.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s3">When necessary, he intervenes with his will and masterful voice.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s4">D�r sidder han fri og st�rk, urokkelig trods Alt, beskyttet mod alle Samtidens giftige Pile ved det Panser, han har i Bevidstheden om sin Mission og sine Hensigters uskr�mtede �rlighed.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s4">There he sits free and strong, unshakeable towards it all, protected against the poisonous arrows of time by the armor he holds in his consciousness of his mission and his intentions sincere honesty.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s5">Og det er fra de rene Kilder af godt anvendte Levnetsdage, at hans altoverskyllende, frodige Uforf�rdethed v�lder frem.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s5">It is from the purest sources of his well spent days that his overriding, luscious intrepidity pours out.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s6">De str�nge S�der og de regelm�ssige Vaner og denne �dle husholderiske N�gternhed, der vidner om en udviklet Ansvarsf�lelse, er det, som giver ham det sublime Alvor og det moralske Fodf�ste, og derfra henter han op Renhed i Viljen og en Indignation, der er �gte.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s6">The stern customs, regular habits, and this noble domesticated soberness that witness a developed sense of responsibility, is what gives him the sublime gravity and the moral foothold from which he derives a purity in his will and a genuine indignation.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s7">Amalie Skram</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s7">Amalie Skram</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s8">Gjestene kommer</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s8">The guests are arriving</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s9">Det er sommer p� Aulestad, en godv�rsdag med lett bris.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s9">It is a fair weathered, but gently breezy summer's day at Aulestad.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s10">Fra stengene vaier ni nasjoners flagg; det norske, danske, svenske, finske, engelske, hollandske, amerikanske, franske og russiske.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s10">Flags of nine nations are waving from the flagpoles; the Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, English, Dutch, American, French and Russian.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s11">De to siste heises vanligvis p� samme stang som symbol p� alliansen mellom de to landene.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s11">The last two are usually hoist together on the same pole as a symbol of the alliance between the two countries.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s12">Kusken Petter er reist til F�berg stasjon for � hente gjestene for flere timer siden, men f�rst har han v�rt fremme foran d�ren for � vise at selet�y og landauer er blanke og fine.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s12">Petter, the coachman, left several hours ago to fetch the guests at Faaberg station, but first he was in front of the door to show that the harness and landau is shiny and nice.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s13">Det er en seremoni Bj�rnson bruker som p�skudd til � gi hestene Esau og Jakob sukker.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s13">It is a ceremony Bjornson uses as an excuse to feed some sugar cubes to Esau and Jacob, the horses.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s14">Dette visste Petter, derfor var pussingen av selet�yet prikkfri p� den siden Bj�rnstjerne inspiserte, mens den kunne v�re litt mindre forseggjort p� den andre.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s14">Petter knew this, so the harness on the side where Bjornson inspected was spotless, while the other side could be a little less elaborately done.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s15">Inne i hovedhuset er alt gjort i stand til gjestebud, og alt skinner i sin fineste puss.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s15">Inside the main house is everything made ready for banquet, and everything is shiny and polished.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s16">Et syn for seg er spisebordet, som glimter i s�lv og krystall.</s> <s id="NEST_Oppno.s17">Og vasene med bl�klokker og prestekrager m�ter sitt eget speilbilde i glassbrettet de er plassert p�.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s16">A vision in itself is the dining table which twinkles in silver and crystal, and the vases with harebell and oxeye daisies are reflected in the glass tray they are placed on.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s18">Barnebarnas �yne har allerede mange ganger s�kt viserne p� det store t�rnuret.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s19">Endelig ringer telefonen.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s20">Det er gamle Lisa p� sentralen som har utnevnt seg selv til herold som meddeler at i dette �yeblikk kj�rte vognen forbi.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s21">Meldingen sprer seg til hele huset og setter alle i bevegelse.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s17">The message spreads fast around the house and everyone is getting busy.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s22">Ute i kj�kkenet forter Pariser-Karen seg med � gi �rretvannet et oppkok, og barna stormer ut p� verandaen for � sette i et rungende hurra idet vognen svinger opp all�en.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s18">In the kitchen is Parisian-Karen hurrying to boil the water for the trout, and the children are rushing onto the veranda to cheer the carriage welcome, as it turns up into the avenue.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s23">Hengebjerkene danner en portal mot den store, r�dmalte l�vebygningen med t�rnur og matklokke midt imot, og n� svinger vognen til venstre langs de gamle stabbesteinene inn p� tunet der hovedbygningen ligger ruvende og festlig, klar til � ta imot gjestene.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s19">The silver birches creates a portal against the large, red barn with a tower clock and a food clock right towards, and the carriage turns left by the old guard stones and into the yard where the main building stands tall and festive, ready to greet the guests.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s24">En lignende velkomst hadde Bj�rnsonfamilien f�tt f�rste gangen de kom til Aulestad en junidag i 1875.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s20">A similar welcome had the Bjornson family gotten the first time they arrived Aulestad a day in June, 1875.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s25">Familien hadde kj�pt g�rden �ret f�r mens de enn� bodde i Italia.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s21">The family had purchased the farm the previous year while they still lived in Italy.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s26">Det var deres venner i folkeh�yskolemilj�et rundt Vonheim, med Karl Seip i spissen, som hadde st�tt for kj�pet.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s22">It was their friends from the county college environment around Vonheim who organized the purchase, with Karl Seip as head of the project.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s27">Familien Bj�rnson hadde blitt hentet p� Lillehammer brygge etter en lang og strabasi�s reise med tog fra Oslo til Minne.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s23">The Bjornson family had been fetched at the Lillehammer wharf after a long and exhausting journey by train from Oslo to Minne.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s28">Videre hadde turen g�tt med b�t over Mj�sa til Lillehammer.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s24">Then the journey had gone by ship across the lake Mjosa and to Lillehammer.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s29">Der hadde naboen Per B� ventet med nyinnkj�pt trille forspent med Storrauden og Jegerhesten for � kj�re dem de to siste milene hjem.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s25">There the neighbor Per Bo had waited, with a new carriage with the two horses buckled in front, to carry them the last twelve miles home.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s30">Karl Seip var selv kusk, og da de passerte den nye folkeh�yskolebygningen og veien svinget over Never�a, forkynte han at n� var Bj�rnson p� egen grunn.</s>	<s id="NEST_Opp_002en.s26">Karl Seip was also a coach, and when they passed the new county college and the road turned over the small river Neveroa he announced that he was now Bjornson on own grounds.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s31">Da ble Bj�rnson s� r�rt at han tok av hatten, grep sin hustru Karoline i h�nden og utbr�t:</s> <s id="NEST_Oppno.s32">