Enough! A hill-troll! An egoist!
This must be all rubbish; that’s perfectly certain!
The Old Man.
[Pulls out a bundle of old newspapers.]
I daresay you think we don’t take in the papers?
Wait; here I’ll show you in red and black[[136]]
How the “Bloksberg Post” eulogises you;
And the “Heklefjeld Journal” has done the same
Ever since the winter you left the country.—
Do you care to read them? You’re welcome,[welcome,] Peer.