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 Dr. Stockmann.

Well, well, give me time, and you shall hear all about it. If only I had Peter here now! This just shows how we men can go about forming judgments like the blindest moles

Hovstad.

What do you mean, doctor?

Dr. Stockmann.

[Stopping beside the table.] Isn't it the general opinion that our town is a healthy place?

Hovstad.

Of course.

Dr. Stockmann.

A quite exceptionally healthy place, indeed—a place to be warmly recommended, both to invalids and people in health

Mrs. Stockmann.

My dear Thomas

Dr. Stockmann.

And assuredly we haven't failed to recommend and belaud it. I've sung its praises again and again, both in the Messenger and in pamphlets

Hovstad.

Well, what then?

Dr. Stockmann.

These Baths, that we have called the pulse of the town, its vital nerve, and—and the devil knows what else