NILS LYKKE. Men indholdet er eder idetmindste ikke ubekendt; jeg véd, eders moder har ikke ladet eder i uvidenhed derom; hun har i al fald sagt eder, at jeg priste den mand heldig, som –; ja, I véd, hvad håb jeg nærede –
NILS LYKKE. But at least their purport is not unknown to you; I know your mother has not left you in ignorance of the matter; at the least she has told you how I praised the lot of the man who----; surely you know the hope I nursed----