Endnotes

1. Issued by the barbers at cheaper rates, as few men in Norway shave themselves. —⁠Translator ↩

2. Steam cooking-kitchen and famous cheap eating-house. —⁠Translator ↩

3. The last family bearing title of nobility in Norway. —⁠Translator ↩

4. Theatre of Varieties, etc., and Garden in Christiania. —⁠Translator ↩

5. Dwelling of the civil governor of a Stift or diocese. —⁠Translator ↩

6. In Norway, 14th of March and October. —⁠Translator ↩

7. In the Norwegian original, the man replies that the ship is bound for Leeds, a city which cannot be reached by sea. Translator Translator substituted “Leeds” with “Leith.” Hamsun’s “Leeds” has been restored here, as it remains disputed whether Leeds was a genuine mistake or an intentional misspelling. —⁠S.E. Editor ↩