Men svärmodern överraskade Kristina en dag på logen, när hon höll på att åka i en repgunga, som hon i smyg hade satt up åt sig i bjälkarna. […] Kristina var ännu lite barnslig i sinnet och hade leklusten kvar i kroppen. Det var dock underligt att hon ännu ville hållas med att gunga i rep, när hon en gång hade fallit fran en sädan gunga och skadat sig svärt i knäet. Denna yra lek passade inte en gift kvinna, hon borde veta bättre.
- Vilhelm Moberg, Utvandrarna
But her mother-in-law surprised Kristina one day at the lodge when she was riding in a rope swing that she had secretly set up for herself in the beams. [...] Kristina was still a bit childish in her mind and still had the desire to play. It was strange, however, that she still wanted to keep swinging on a rope when she had once fallen from such a swing and badly injured her knee. This dizzying game was not suitable for a married woman; she should know better.