Bernick: And coming back here as--?
Mrs.Bernick: And actually mean to appear in--?
Lona: Appear? Appear in what?
Bernick: Well, I mean--in the circus--
Lona: Ha, ha, ha! Are you mad, brother-in-law? Do you think I
belong to the circus troupe? No,certainly I have turned my hand
to a good many things and made a fool of myself in a good many
ways--
Mrs.Rummel: Hm!
Lona: But I have never tried circus riding.
Bernick: Then you are not--?
Mrs.Bernick: Thank Heaven!
Lona: No, we travelled like other respectable folk, second-class,
certainly, but we are accustomed to that.
Mrs.Bernick: We, did you say?
Bernick (taking a step for-ward): Whom do you mean by "we"?
Lona: I and the child, of course.
The Ladies (with a cry): The child!
Hilmar: What?
Rorlund: I really must say--!
Mrs.Bernick: But what do you mean, Lona?
Lona: I mean John, of course; I have no other child, as far as I
know, but John, or Johan as you used to call him.
Mrs.Bernick: Johan--
Mrs.Rummel (in an undertone to MRS. LYNGE): The scapegrace
brother!
Bernick (hesitatingly): Is Johan with you?
Lona: Of course he is; I certainly would not come without him.
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