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 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?