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 Stensgård.

Do you think I haven't seen through Lundestad? Do you think I don't understand that he took me up because he thought I had won over the Chamberlain, and because he wanted to break up our League and keep Monsen out?

Fieldbo.

But now that he knows you haven't won over the Chamberlain

Stensgård.

He has gone too far to draw back; and I've made good use of the time, and scattered announcements broadcast. Most of his supporters will abstain from voting; mine are all here

Fieldbo.

It's a big stride from the preliminary election to the final election.

Stensgård.

Lundestad knows very well that if he fails me in the College of Electors, I'll soon agitate him out of the Town Council.

Fieldbo.

Not a bad calculation. And to succeed in all this, you feel that you must strike root here more firmly than you have as yet done?

Stensgård.

Yes, these people always demand material guarantees, community of interests