Fieldbo.
Indeed! You couldn’t? What about your speech then?
Stensgård.
Nonsense! It was principles I attacked in my speech, not persons.
Fieldbo.
And how do you account for the Chamberlain’s invitation?
Stensgård.
Why, my dear friend, there can only be one way of accounting for it.
Fieldbo.
Namely, that the Chamberlain is afraid of you?