“Local situation” is a very ineffectual rendering of Aslaksen’s phrase, “lokale forholde”—German, _Verhältnisse_—but there seems to be no other which will fit into all the different contexts in which it occurs. It reappears in _An Enemy of the People_, Act V Footnote 11: The system of indirect election obtains in Norway. The constituencies choose a College of Electors, who, in turn, choose the Members of the Storthing or Parliament. It is the preliminary “Election of Electors” to which Monsen refers. Footnote 12: In this untranslatable passage Daniel Heire seems to be making a sort of pun on _suffragium_ and _naufragium_. Footnote 13: In Norway, before an action comes into Court, the parties are bound to appear in person before a Commission of Arbitration or Conciliation. If the Commission can suggest an arrangement acceptable to both sides, this arrangement has the validity of a judgment, and the case goes no further. Counsel are not allowed to appear before the Commission. ACT SECOND. _A garden-room at the Chamberlains, elegantly furnished, with a piano, flowers, and rare plants. Entrance door at the back. On the left, a door leading to the dining-room; on the right, several glass doors lead out to the garden._ ASLAKSEN _stands at the entrance door. A_ MAIDSERVANT _is carrying some dishes of fruit into the dining-room._ THE MAID. Yes, but I tell you they’re still at table; you must call again. ASLAKSEN. I’d rather wait, if I may. THE MAID. Oh yes, if you like. You can sit there for the present. [_She goes into the dining-room._ ASLAKSEN _takes a seat near the door. Pause._ DR. FIELDBO _enters from the back._ FIELDBO. Ah, good evening, Aslaksen: are you here? THE MAID. [_Returning._] You’re late this evening, sir. FIELDBO. I was called to see a patient. THE MAID. The Chamberlain and Miss Bratsberg have both been inquiring about you. FIELDBO. Indeed? THE MAID. Yes. Won’t you go in at once, sir; or shall I say that——? FIELDBO. No, no; never mind. I can have a snack afterwards; I shall wait here in the meantime. THE MAID. Dinner will soon be over. [_She goes out by the back._ ASLAKSEN. [_After a pause._] How can you resist such a dinner, Doctor—with dessert, and fine wines, and all sorts of good things? FIELDBO. Why, man, it seems to me we get too many good things hereabouts, rather than too few. ASLAKSEN.