"It's a lie!"
"I saw you at nine in the vaults of the Town-hall."
"I say it's a lie! I was at home at that time! Go and ask aunt's maid who saw me home."
"I should never have expected this from you!"
"Hadn't we better stop talking nonsense now and be off? You shouldn't read stupid books all night; then you wouldn't be in a bad temper on the next day. Put on your hats and come."
Rehnhjelm put his hand to his head to feel whether it was in its accustomed place, for everything seemed to him to be turned upside down. When he found that it was still there, he attempted to come to a clear understanding of the matter, but he was unable to do so.
"Where were you on the sixth of July?" asked Falander, with the sternness of a judge.
"What an idiotic question to ask! How can I remember what happened three months ago?"
"You were with me, but you told Hjalmar you were with your aunt."
"Don't listen to him," said Agnes, going up to Rehnhjelm and caressing him. "He's talking nonsense."