You?
Aslaksen.
Yes, I!—I said to myself: it’s the great public that supports a paper; now the great public is the bad public—that comes of the local situation; and the bad public will have a bad paper. So you see I edited it——
Stensgård.
Badly! Yes, that’s undeniable.
Aslaksen.
Well, and I prospered by it. But then you came and brought ideas into the district. The paper took on a colour, and then Lundestad’s supporters all fell away. The subscribers that are left won’t pay their subscriptions——
Stensgård.
Ah, but the paper has become a good one.
Aslaksen.