Of course he will, Madam Rundholmen; but won’t you congratulate your sister-in-law to be? MADAM RUNDHOLMEN. Who? THORA. Ragna; she is engaged too. BASTIAN. Are you, Ragna? MADAM RUNDHOLMEN. Indeed? Yes, Bastian told me there was something in the wind. I wish you both joy; and welcome into the family, Mr. Stensgård! FIELDBO. No, no; not Stensgård! THE CHAMBERLAIN. No, it’s Mr. Helle; an excellent choice. And, by-the-bye, you may congratulate my daughter too. MADAM RUNDHOLMEN. Miss Bratsberg! Ah, so Lundestad was right, after all. I congratulate you, Miss Thora; and you too, Mr. Stensgård. FIELDBO. You mean Doctor Fieldbo. MADAM RUNDHOLMEN. What? FIELDBO. I am the happy man. MADAM RUNDHOLMEN. Well, now, I don’t in the least know where I am. THE CHAMBERLAIN. And we have just found out where we are. STENSGÅRD. Excuse me; I have an appointment—— THE CHAMBERLAIN. [_Aside._] Lundestad, what was the other word? LUNDESTAD. What other? THE CHAMBERLAIN. Not adventurer, but the other——? LUNDESTAD. Demagogue. STENSGÅRD. I take my leave. THE CHAMBERLAIN. One word—only one word, Mr. Stensgård—a word which has long been on the tip of my tongue. STENSGÅRD. [_At the door._] Excuse me; I’m in a hurry. THE CHAMBERLAIN. [_Following him._] Demagogue! STENSGÅRD. Good-bye; good-bye! [_Goes out by the back._ THE CHAMBERLAIN. [_Coming forward again._] Now the air is pure again, my friends. BASTIAN. I hope you don’t blame me, sir, for what has happened at home? THE CHAMBERLAIN. Every one must bear his own burden. BASTIAN. I had really no part in it. SELMA. [_Who, during the preceding scene, has been listening at the second door on the right._] Father! Now you are happy;—may he come now? THE CHAMBERLAIN. Selma! You! You plead for him? After what happened two days ago—— SELMA. Oh, two days are a long time. All is well now. I know now that he can go astray—— THE CHAMBERLAIN. And that pleases you? SELMA. Yes, that he _can_; but in future I won’t let him. THE CHAMBERLAIN.