▁book , ▁she ▁left ▁her ▁office ▁job ▁and ▁prepared ▁to ▁live ▁on ▁her ▁income ▁as ▁a ▁writer . ▁Having ▁been ▁granted ▁a ▁writer ' s ▁scholar ship , ▁she ▁set ▁out ▁on ▁a ▁length y ▁journey ▁in ▁Europe . ▁After ▁short ▁stops ▁in ▁Den mark ▁and ▁Germany , ▁she ▁continued ▁to ▁Italy , ▁arriv ing ▁in ▁Rome ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 0 9 , ▁where ▁she ▁remained ▁for ▁nine ▁months . ▁Und set ' s ▁parents ▁had ▁had ▁a ▁close ▁relationship ▁with ▁Rome , ▁and , ▁during ▁her ▁stay ▁there , ▁she ▁followed ▁in ▁their ▁foot steps . ▁The ▁encounter ▁with ▁Southern ▁Europe ▁meant ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁to ▁her ; ▁she ▁made ▁friends ▁within ▁the ▁circle ▁of ▁Sc and in av ian ▁artists ▁and ▁writers ▁in ▁Rome . ▁ ▁Mar riage ▁and ▁children ▁In ▁Rome , ▁Und set ▁met ▁Anders ▁Cast us ▁S var stad , ▁a ▁Norwegian ▁painter , ▁whom ▁she ▁married ▁almost ▁three ▁years ▁later . ▁She ▁was ▁ 3 0 ; ▁S var stad ▁was ▁nine ▁years ▁older , ▁married , ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁wife ▁and ▁three ▁children ▁in ▁Norway . ▁It ▁was ▁nearly ▁three ▁years ▁before ▁S var stad ▁got ▁his ▁divor ce ▁from ▁his ▁first ▁wife . ▁ ▁Und set ▁and ▁S var stad ▁were ▁married ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 2 ▁and ▁went ▁to ▁stay ▁in ▁London ▁for ▁six ▁months . ▁From ▁London , ▁they ▁returned ▁to ▁Rome , ▁where ▁their ▁first ▁child ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 1 3 . ▁A ▁boy ,