How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Section.Paragraph)
Quote #10
There shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. (2.3.4.45)
The minister listens patiently to Per Hansa's description of life with Beret. At the end of the day, he sides with per Hansa and says it's the wife's duty to go wherever her husband's ambition takes them. This is a pretty biased view of the situation, but one that would have been pretty common in Rölvaag's time.