ALEXANDERSSON. [To the Sheriff] And perhaps I have now got to give Alma her papers and write down that she has been honest and faithful?
SHERIFF. That's none of my concern!
ALEXANDERSSON. [To the CONSTABLE] And for a thing like this I am to lose house and land! Who'd believe it, that justice means honour for the thief and a flogging for him that's robbed! Damn it!—Come and have a cup of coffee with a stick in it afterward, Öman.
CONSTABLE. I'll come, but don't make a row.
ALEXANDERSSON. Yes, I'll be damned if I don't, even if it should cost me three months!
CONSTABLE. Now please don't make a row—don't make a row!
SCENE IX
The BARON and the BARONESS enter after awhile.