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 CHARACTERS.

CHAMBERLAIN BRATSBERG,[1] owner of iron-works.

ERIK BRATSBERG, his son, a merchant.

THORA, his daughter.

SELMA, Erik's wife.

DOCTOR FIELDBO, physician at the Chamberlain's works.

STENSGÅRD,[2] a lawyer.

MONS MONSEN, of Stonelee.[3]

BASTIAN MONSEN, his son.

RAGNA, his daughter.

HELLE,[4] student of theology, tutor at Stonelee.

RINGDAL, manager of the iron-works.

ANDERS LUNDESTAD, landowner.

DANIEL HEIRE.[5]

MADAM[6] RUNDHOLMEN, widow of a storekeeper and publican.

ASLAKSEN, a printer.

A MAID-SERVANT AT THE CHAMBERLAIN'S.

A WAITER.

A WAITRESS AT MADAM RUNDHOLMEN'S.

Townspeople, Guests at the Chamberlain's, etc. etc.

The action takes place in the neighbourhood of the iron-works, not far from a market town in Southern Norway.

1 "Chamberlain" (Kammerherre) is a title conferred by the King of Norway upon men of wealth and position. Hereditary nobility was abolished in 1821.

2 Pronounce Staynsgore.

3 In the original "Storli."

4 Pronounce Hellë.

5 Heire (pronounce Heirë) = Heron.

6 Married women and widows of the lower middle-class are addressed as Madam in Norway.