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 Mrs. Stockmann.

Dismissal!

Burgomaster.

Your dismissal from the Baths. I shall be compelled to move that notice be given you at once, and that you have henceforth no connection whatever with the Baths.

Dr. Stockmann.

You would dare to do that!

Burgomaster.

It is you who are playing the daring game.

Petra.

Uncle, this is a shameful way to treat a man like father!

Mrs. Stockmann.

Do be quiet, Petra!

Burgomaster.

[Looking at Petra.] Aha! We have opinions of our own already, eh? To be sure, to be sure! [To Mrs. Stockmann.] Sister-in-law, you are presumably the most rational member of this household. Use all your influence with your husband; try to make him realise what all this will involve both for his family

Dr. Stockmann.

My family concerns myself alone!

Burgomaster.

both for his family, I say, and for the town he lives in.