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The big bull is to be sent away. It has grown to an enormous beast, and costs too much to feed; Isak is taking it down to the village, to bring up a suitable yearling in exchange.
It was Inger's idea. And Inger had no doubt her own reasons for getting Isak out of the place on that particular day.