Nothing could exceed his energy when the working fit was upon him; but now and again a reaction would seize him, and for days on end he would lie upon the sofa in the sitting-room, hardly uttering a word or moving a muscle from morning to night.
Einki var óført, tá arbeiðsøðin kom á hann; men av og á kom vend í, og í dagavís lá hann tá á sofuni í stovuni, ønti nóg illa eitt orð ella rørdi ein fingur frá morgni til myrkurs.