Hilmar: Meanwhile people are believing it, and tomorrow or the next
day, I have no doubt Hammer will nail it to the counter as a fact.
There is a general sense of exasperation in the town already. I
heard several people say that if the rumour were confirmed they
would take their names off the subscription lists.
Bernick: Impossible!
Hilmar: Is it? Why do you suppose these mercenary-minded
creatures were so willing to go into the undertaking with you?
Don't you suppose they have scented profit for themselves--
Bernick: It is impossible, I am sure; there is so much public
spirit in our little community--
Hilmar: In our community? Of course you are a confirmed optimist,
and so you judge others by yourself. But I, who am a tolerably
experienced observer--! There isn't a single soul in the place--
excepting ourselves, of course--not a single soul in the place
who holds up the banner of the Ideal. (Goes towards the
verandah.) Ugh, I can see them there--
Bernick: See whom?
Hilmar: Our two friends from America. (Looks out to the right.)
And who is that they are walking with? As I am alive, if it is
not the captain of the "Indian Girl.
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