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 Fieldbo.

You want to speak to Stensgård, you say?

ASLAKSEN.

Yes.

Fieldbo.

On business?

ASLAKSEN.

Of course; the report of the fête

Fieldbo.

Well, then, you must wait out there in the meantime.

Aslaksen.

In the passage?

Fieldbo.

In the anteroom. This is scarcely the time or place—but the moment I see Stensgård alone, I'll tell him

ASLAKSEN.

Very well; I'll bide my time.

[Goes out by the back.

Chamberlain Bratsberg, Lundestad, Ringdal, and one or two other gentlemen come out of the dining-room.

The Chamberlain.

[Conversing with Lundestad.] Violent, you say? Well, perhaps the form wasn't all that could be desired; but there were real gems in the speech, I can assure you.

LUNDESTAD.

Well, if you are satisfied, Chamberlain, I have no right to complain.