[Unruffled.] Very well; then it’s all right.

[Goes towards the back.

Aslaksen.

[Entering from the tent.] The waiter is just coming with the wine.

[Sits.

Monsen.

A table apart, under special care of the Committee! And on our Independence Day of all others! There you have a specimen of the way things go.

Stensgård.

But why on earth do you put up with all this, you good people?

Monsen.