He looks as if this
had made a grown man of him all at once.
Bernick: I must talk to him.
Lona: Here he comes. (JOHAN comes in from the right.)
Bernick (going towards hint): Johan--!
Johan (motioning him away): Listen to me first. Yesterday morning
I gave you my word that I would hold my tongue.
Bernick: You did.
Johan: But then I did not know--
Bernick: Johan, only let me say a word or two to explain the
circumstances--
Johan: It is unnecessary; I understand the circumstances
perfectly. The firm was in a dangerous position at the time; I
had gone off, and you had my defenceless name and reputation at
your mercy. Well, I do not blame you so very much for what you
did; we were young and thoughtless in those days. But now I have
need of the truth, and now you must speak.
Bernick: And just now I have need of all my reputation for
morality, and therefore I cannot speak.
Johan: I don't take much account of the false reports you spread
about me; it is the other thing that you must take the blame of.
I shall make Dina my wife, and here--here in your town--I mean to
settle down and live with her.
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