Volume III
In the morning, the narrator lies in bed, hesitant to get up. He sees the young Asle on a swing outside his house, with his mother confronting him about money found in his pocket. Asle quickly claims he found the money on the road by the bakery. His father is called in, and he believes the boy. Asle is sent to the bakery to check if anyone lost money, and the baker claims it as his own. Asle feels ashamed of his lies and calls his friend Per Olav. They smoke their first cigarette in the boathouse, and Asle enjoys it.
Later, Asle hears Asleik’s tractor and the front door opening. Downstairs, Asleik admires a painting and wants it. Asle resists, claiming it’s unfinished, but Asleik insists that it’s complete because it’s titled and signed. Asle decides to take his paintings to the Beyer gallery and visit Asle in the hospital. Asleik chooses a different painting, helps Asle load them into the car, and drives to Bjørgvin, where Asle sees his younger self struggling in school and recalls his decision to leave painting for guitar. While driving, Asle meets Sigve, who had just been released from prison.
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