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 me. Only the dunces at the bottom of the class have kept out of it.

Rebecca.

Do you take this so very much to heart, Rector?

Kroll.

Do I take it to heart! To be so thwarted and opposed in the work of my whole life! [Lower.] But I could almost say I don't care about the school—for there is worse behind. [Looks round.] I suppose no one can hear us?

Rebecca.

Oh no, of course not.

Kroll.

Well then, I must tell you that dissension and revolt have crept into my own house—into my own quiet home. They have destroyed the peace of my family life.

Rosmer.

[Rises.] What! Into your own house?

Rebecca.

[Goes over to the Rector.] My dear Rector, what has happened?

Kroll.

Would you believe that my own childrenIn short, it is Laurits that is the ringleader of the school conspiracy; and Hilda has embroidered a red portfolio to keep the "Beacon" in.

Rosmer.

I should certainly never have dreamt that, in your own house