Well, my dear Judge, out with it.
BRACK.
You must be prepared to find your appointment deferred longer than you desired or expected.
TESMAN.
[Jumping up uneasily.] Is there some hitch about it? Eh?
BRACK.
The nomination may perhaps be made conditional on the result of a competition—
TESMAN.
Competition! Think of that, Hedda!
HEDDA.