11月14日

1. Ove eyes the sales assistant for a long time.

2. He visibly struggles to control his urge to snatch the box out of Ove’s hands.

3. The assistant scratches his chin.

4. Silence descends over the two men for a short while.

5.The assistant stops and seems to be looking for a word that falls within the bounds of comprehension of the man facing him.

6. something is going to take considerably more time than they had initially hoped.

7. He gives the first sales assistant an insinuating glance as if to say he’ll pay him back for this.

8. The cat instantly disliked Ove exceedingly. The feeling was very much reciprocated.

9. He could not make head nor tail of people who overslept and blamed it on “the alarm clock not ringing.”

10. The surrounding row houses lay in silence and darkness as he walked out the door, and there wasn’t a soul in sight.

11. He’d pushed hard to have surveillance cameras installed so they could monitor the trash room.

12. To Ove’s great annoyance, his proposal was voted out.

13. They come here and push up the property prices for honest people.