Do stop being so foolish,
Betty. Go and sit outside; some one may come in here. I don't
suppose you want people to see the lady of the house with red
eyes? It would be a nice thing, wouldn't it, if the story got out
about that--. There, I hear some one in the passage. (A knock is
heard at the door.) Come in! (MRS. BERNICK takes her sewing and
goes out down the garden steps. AUNE comes in from the right.)
Aune: Good morning, Mr. Bernick.
Bernick: Good morning. Well, I suppose you can guess what I want
you for?
Aune: Mr. Krap told me yesterday that you were not pleased with--
Bernick: I am displeased with the whole management of the yard,
Aune. The work does not get on as quickly as it ought. The "Palm
Tree" ought to have been under sail long ago. Mr. Vigeland comes
here every day to complain about it; he is a difficult man to
have with one as part owner.
Aune: The "Palm Tree" can go to sea the day after tomorrow.
Bernick: At last. But what about the American ship, the "Indian
Girl," which has been laid up here for five weeks and--
Aune: The American ship? I understood that, before everything
else, we were to work our hardest to get your own ship ready.
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