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 Rummel.

All the banners are out. What a procession! Ah, here's the Committee, with Doctor Rörlund at its head.

Bernick.

Let them come, I say!

Rummel.

But look here: in your agitated state of mind

Bernick.

What then?

Rummel.

Why, I should have no objection to speaking for you.

Bernick.

No, thank you; to-night I shall speak myself.

Rummel.

But do you know what you have got to say?

Bernick.

Yes, don't be alarmed, Rummel—now I know what I have to say.

[The music has meanwhile ceased. The garden door is thrown open. Doctor Rörlund enters at the head of the Committee, accompanied by two porters carrying a covered basket. After them come townspeople of all classes, as many as the room will hold. An immense crowd, with banners and flags, can be seen in the garden and in the street.