Ingeborg. Papers? Oh, you mean the price-lists they leave at the kitchen door. Yes, sir; every day, before we go to market, I-- The Doctor. No, I don't mean papers of that sort. I mean-- Ingeborg. Oh, you mean the newspaper I take in to master's room every morning. No, Sir, I don't read that. I am told there are such horrors in it. The Doctor. Quite so. Don't you care to read about horrors, then? Ingeborg. Oh, we poor folk see enough of them in our everyday lives, without reading about them!--But perhaps the gentry enjoy it. The Doctor. You are a very wise woman. Let me tell you, though, that there is a fight going on, about--oh, well, never mind what it is about. And the Editor and Mr. Rejn, who both come to this house, are the two chief fighters. Don't you want to know what they are fighting about? Ingeborg (going on unconcernedly with her work). Oh, so they are fighting, are they? No, I don't care the least bit, sir! The Doctor (to himself). Ha, ha--the difference between Ingeborg and me is that I am interested in the fight merely as a student of human nature, and she is not interested in it at all. I wonder which is farthest from any genuine belief in politics?--from our "duty as a citizen," as they call it? (To INGEBORG.) Ingeborg, do you know what your "duty as a citizen" means? Ingeborg. My "duty as a citizen"? That mean; paying fines, doesn't it, sir? The Doctor. Yes; and a very heavy fine, into the bargain! Ingeborg. The master was fined because the pavement was not swept. John was ill. The Doctor. Quite right, that was one of his duties as a citizen.--Tell me, Ingeborg, are they expecting a lot of people here to-night? Ingeborg. No, sir, I have only laid table for quite a few. The Doctor. And what are they going to have? Ingeborg. Oh, one or two dishes and one or two sorts of wine--. The Doctor. Aha! (A ring is heard at the bell. INGEBORG goes to the door.) There they are! Now we shall have a fine time! Ingeborg (coming back with a letter). It is a note for you, sir. The Doctor. Oh, bother I Ingeborg. The man who brought it was not sure whether you would be at the meeting or here.