In the novels “Children of Time” (1913) and its sequel “The Town of Segelfoss” (1922), K. Hamsun told the story of the rise and decline of two wealthy families. The relationship between the owner of the Segelfoss estate, Lieutenant Villatz Holmsen, and his wife, Mrs. Adelheide, is a relationship of love and mutual repulsion, a kind of love-enmity that distorts their lives and leads to a breakup, characteristic of many of Hamsunov’s characters.