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had been saying good-bye for a long time to my own father.

When he returned from his trip through Bohuslän, I did not have a chance to see him. I only heard from Geijerstam that Strindberg had had some disagreeable experiences. The foul gossip in connection with his Married had penetrated even to the unliterary inhabitants of the wilds of the country, so that the people openly showed him their hatred for being the father of Married. But this after all was no wonder, for the local press had done its best during the years just preceding to keep him continually on the rack.