Take it ill! Good gracious, no! Not in the least.

Lundestad.

[Still to Stensgård.] It’s not my doing; it’s the Committee that decided——

Monsen.

Of course. The Committee orders, and we must obey.

Lundestad.

[As before.] You see, we are on the Chamberlain’s own ground here. He has been so kind as to throw open his park and garden for this evening; so we thought——

Stensgård.

We’re extremely comfortable here, Mr. Lundestad—if only people would leave us in peace—the crowd, I mean.

Lundestad.