How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Section.Paragraph)
Quote #1
In all the years they had lived together it had never happened till now that she had shamed him before others. (1.3.3.14)
Living on the prairies has changed things in Beret and Per Hansa's marriage. For starters, Beret is no longer afraid of shaming him in front of other people, probably because she harbors such a deep frustration with him for forcing her to move to this awful place.
Quote #2
During the days that followed, words were few and distant between Per Hansa and his wife. (1.4.11.46)
Beret and Per Hansa fight a lot more on the prairies than they did in Norway. But in the end, Hansa refuses to let anything come between him and the kingdom he wants to build for himself. In times of conflict, he and Beret just stop talking to one another.
Quote #3
Per Hansa sat in his hut, ate, drank, puffed at his pipe, and followed his wife with his eyes in vague alarm. (1.6.5.6)
Hansa gets frustrated with Beret a lot. But he also worries about her. He knows that something has snapped in her mind since moving to the prairies, and he doesn't have any clue how to talk to her about it.