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 Fieldbo.

And perhaps you have bluffed a little with your big cards?

Stensgård.

How do you mean?

Fieldbo.

I mean you have perhaps embellished your declaration of love with a few little threats or so?

Stensgård.

Fieldbo, you have seen the letter!

Fieldbo.

No, I assure you

Stensgård.

Well then, frankly—I have threatened him.

Fieldbo.

Ah! Then I have, in a way, an answer to your letter.

Stensgård.

An answer? Out with it, man!

Fieldbo.

[Shows him a sealed paper.] Look here—the Chamberlain's proxy.

Stensgård.

And who does he vote for?

Fieldbo.

Not for you, at any rate.

Stensgård.

For whom then? For whom?