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 Hovstad and Billing.

Your health, your health, Doctor!

Horster.

[Clinking glasses with the Doctor.] I hope you may have nothing but joy of your discovery.

Dr. Stockmann.

Thanks, thanks, my dear friends! I can't tell you how happy I am—! Oh, what a blessing it is to feel that you have deserved well of your native town and your fellow citizens. Hurrah, Katrina!

[He puts both his arms round her neck, and whirls her round with him. Mrs. Stockmann screams and struggles. A burst of laughter, applause, and cheers for the Doctor. The boys thrust their heads in at the door.