Well, then, you shall hear——[_Goes to the half-open door._] Mrs. Bernick, will you be kind enough to be a witness——And you too, Miss Martha. And bring Dina with you. [_Sees_ LONA.] Ah, are _you_ here, too? LONA. [_In the doorway._] Shall I come? RÖRLUND. As many as will—the more the better. BERNICK. What are you going to do? LONA, MRS. BERNICK, MARTHA, DINA, _and_ HILMAR TÖNNESEN _come out of the room on the left._ MRS. BERNICK. Doctor, nothing I can say will stop him from—— RÖRLUND. I shall stop him, Mrs. Bernick.—Dina, you are a thoughtless girl. But I do not blame you very much. You have stood here too long without the moral support that should have sustained you. I blame myself for not having given you that support sooner. DINA. You must not speak now! MRS. BERNICK. What is all this? RÖRLUND. It is now that I must speak, Dina, though your conduct yesterday and to-day has made it ten times more difficult for me. But all other considerations must give place to your rescue. You remember the promise I gave you. You remember what you promised to answer, when I found that the time had come. Now I can hesitate no longer, and therefore—[_To_ JOHAN TÖNNESEN]—I tell you that this girl, whom you are pursuing, is betrothed to me. MRS. BERNICK. What do you say? BERNICK. Dina! JOHAN. She! Betrothed to——? MARTHA. No, no, Dina! LONA. A lie! JOHAN. Dina—does that man speak the truth? DINA. [_After a short pause._] Yes. RÖRLUND. This, I trust, will paralyse all your arts of seduction. The step I have determined to take for Dina’s welfare may now be made known to our whole community. I hope—nay, I am sure—that it will not be misinterpreted. And now, Mrs. Bernick, I think we had better take her away from here, and try to restore her mind to peace and equilibrium. MRS. BERNICK. Yes, come. Oh, Dina, what happiness for you! [_She leads_ DINA _out to the left;_ DOCTOR RÖRLUND _goes along with them._ MARTHA. Good-bye, Johan! [_She goes out._ HILMAR. [_At the garden door._] H’m—well, I really must say—— LONA. [_Who has been following_ DINA _with her eyes._] Don’t be cast down, boy! I shall stay here and look after the Pastor. [_She goes out to the right._ BERNICK.