The testament to five sons
Printed page 16
PDF page 24 · Calmar, 1836
Page 16, passage p016-s001
good appetite consumed them, I happened to cast my eyes toward the yard just as two persons came driving up and stopped outside the building.
god smak förtärde dem, råkade jag kasta ögonen åt gården just när tvänne personer komma åkande och stannade utanför byggningen.
Page 16, passage p016-s002
My stepfather was then in the kitchen; the door between my mother’s chamber and the one in which I now was stood somewhat open; I had probably said something about the strangers, who were now stepping out of the carriage, for my mother came in to me, looked out through the window, spoke a few words that I have forgotten, patted me on the cheek, began to weep, and hurried into her chamber, while my stepfather was heard roaring in the entrance hall.
Min stjuffar uppehöll sig då i köket, dörren emellan min mors kammare och den i hvilken jag nu var stod något öppen; jag hade förmodligen yttrat något om de fremmande, som nu stego ur vagnen, ty min mor kom in till mig, såg ut genom fönstret, talade några ord hvilka jag glömt, klappade mig på kinden, började gråta och skyndade in i sin kammare, medan min stjuffader hördes ryta i förstugan.
Page 16, passage p016-s003
I was then nearly seven years of age.
Jag var då nära sju års ålder.
Page 16, passage p016-s004
The strangers were a non-commissioned officer and the posting farmer; the former had been sent to fetch me to my paternal uncle, who, living more than eighty Swedish miles from this place, was a Lieutenant-Colonel and my guardian.
De fremmande voro en Underofficer samt Skjutsbonden; den förre afsänd att hemta mig till min farbror, som, boende öfver åttatio mil från detta ställe, var Öfverst-Löjtnant och min förmyndare.
Page 16, passage p016-s005
Through several anonymous letters he had been urged speedily to save me from an otherwise inevitable death; for this reason, and after reliable correspondence had established with certainty that my inhuman stepfather’s barbarous conduct was such as the anonymous letters had made known, the aforesaid mission was dispatched.
Genom flere anonyma bref hade han blifvit uppmanad att skyndsamt rädda mig undan en eljest oundviklig död; af denna anledning; och sedan genom säker brefvexling min omensklige stjuffars barbariska förhållande med visshet blifvit utrönt vara sådant, som de anonyma brefven tillkännagåfvo, blef förberörde beskickning affärdad.