"What—you too?" says Sivert, all astonished again.
The two brothers begin talking quietly; about Sivert getting his mother to find some money; a last resource, the money for a journey. Things can't go on this way; Eleseus is weary of it; has been thinking of it a long time now, and he must go tonight; a long journey, to America, and start tonight.
"America?" says Sivert out loud.
"Sh! I've been thinking of it a long time, and you must get her to do as I say; it can't go on like this, and I've been thinking of going for ever so long."
"But America!" says Sivert. "No, don't you do it."
"I'm going. I've settled that. Going back now to catch the boat."
"But you must have something to eat."
"I'm not hungry."
"But rest a bit, then?"
"No."