Olof. It was you who advised me not to preach?
Gert. Quite the contrary, although I expressed myself somewhat strangely.
Olof. I don't understand.
Gert. No—no! You are still too young, and so you need a providence. To a man like you one says "Let be" when one wants him to do something.
Olof. Why were you and your followers not in church?
Gert. None but the sick need doctors. We were busy elsewhere. You have done a good piece of work to-day, and I see that you have got your reward for it. I have set you free to-day, Olof.
Olof. You have?
Gert. The King commanded you to quiet the rebellious, and what have you been doing?
Olof. Now I begin to understand you, Father Gert.
Gert. I am delighted! Yes, you have aroused even the calmest.