Mysteries - Knut Hamsun [160]
CHAPTER V (pp. 41-48)
1 76/176. Here I follow P; CW reads: “Nagel went up to the grave,” which contradicts the logic of the sentence as well as the situation.
2 78/177. From here on until “As I was standing ... ,” P. reads: “In other words, she was a girl who used her spirit, eh? But as for her body, on the other hand, one could perhaps say that she returned it to the Lord, thanking him for the loan of it, saying, ‘I haven’t used it!’ ”
“I’m not very quick on the uptake, nor am I very gifted. It’s possible I don’t have an inkling of what you mean when you say that she thanked him for the loan of it.”
“That’s quite all right, I didn’t mean anything.”
Meanwhile Nagel was writing on the slab. He was writing a verse, and when he had written the verse he put the pencil back in his pocket.
“It’s quite unbelievable how much attention a stranger attracts in a small town,” Miniman said.
3 85/180. In P, this question by the doctor is preceded by: “Well, that figures. Because the Nordland dialect generally tends to be very distinctive.”
4 86/180. Deleted paragraph in CW:
Nagel didn’t agree. Religious feelings were an individual matter: some people had more, others less, and still others had no religious needs at all. But it would hardly do to say that the irreligious people were the only enlightened ones. On the contrary, many times—
CHAPTER VI (pp. 49-63)
1 99/186. From here to the end of the paragraph, P reads: “that this idea of the boat, a boat of that sort, is as beautiful as it is strange?”
2 104/189. CW’s “nice” replaced P’s “mysteriously beautiful.”
3 112/192. This sentence replaced the following one in P: “Will you condemn me for that?”
4 113/193. P continues: “at least I don’t think so.”
5 113/193. In P, the rest of the paragraph reads: “I thank you. I’m also certain that, now that I have spoken, you will understand me.”
6 113/193. Deleted in CW: she answered in a slightly offended tone.
7 114/193. Here a paragraph is deleted in CW:
“In any case,” Nagel said, “I’m happy I met you this evening and have had an opportunity to explain myself. It has pained me greatly that I annoyed you. Miss Kielland, I thank you once more for listening to me, and I’ll thank you for it a thousand times again after getting back to my room.”
8 114/193. This sentence was added in CW.
CHAPTER VII (pp. 64-83)
1 117/195. From “The Grand is a unique café” to “notorious place,” the P text reads:
“That is, the Grand is a nice exhibition hall.”
What did he mean by that?
He laughed. Kristiania had one cafe, and that was the Grand. The Grand and Kristiania were almost one and the same thing, therefore the Grand was the great place
2 117-18/195. From here to the end of the paragraph, P reads: showing off and being very clever-each delighted to be observed, listened to and appreciated by everyone else. Good God! Sure, it was the best comedy you would ever see! But essentially the Grand was nothing more than a small, much frequented pub where good burghers in the national homespun could get their drinks, a whiskey and soda shop where everyman would sit rejoicing that other everymen sat there watching him. That was the Grand.
3 119/195. Deleted in CW: though not a word had been said about Belgrade. There were smaller capitals than Kristiania, there were also capitals with far less art and other attractions, not to mention the fact that Kristiania had a sea lane that was quite exceptional. How could anyone talk like that!
4 120/195-96. Deleted in CW:
But Nagel had become bored with it all. What the hell had he opened his mouth for! After all, he had made up his mind to be silent, so as not to get into a brawl with people in a stranger’s house, and here he was in the midst of a controversy where he had everybody against him! Oh well, he would remedy that, and he would watch himself in the future. He wouldn’t leave himself open to criticism.