You should bear what that
fellow in there says--
Rorlund: He? Who? The American--?
Bernick: Yes. You should hear how in America--
Rorlund: He, in there? And you did not tell me? I shall at once--
Bernick: It is no use; you won't be able to do anything with him.
Rorlund: We shall see. Ah, here he comes. (JOHAN comes in from
the other room.)
Johan (talking back through the open door): Yes, yes, Dina--as
you please; but I do not mean to give you up, all the same. I
shall come back, and then everything will come right between us.
Rorlund: Excuse me, but what did you mean by that? What is it you
propose to do?
Johan: I propose that that young girl, before whom you blackened
my character yesterday, shall become my wife.
Rorlund: Your wife? And can you really suppose that--?
Johan: I mean to marry her.
Rorlund: Well, then you shall know the truth. (Goes to the half-
open door.) Mrs. Bernick, will you be so kind as to come and be a
witness--and you too, Miss Martha. And let Dina come. (Sees LONA
at the door.) Ah, you here too?
Lona: Shall I come too?
Rorlund: As many as you please--the more the better.
Pages:
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127