Lundestad.

Why do you waste all your strength on other people? In one word—why not go into Parliament yourself?

Stensgård.

I? You are not serious?

Lundestad.

Why not? You have qualified, I hear. And if you don’t seize this opportunity, then some one else will come in; and when once he is firm in the saddle, it may not be so easy to unseat him.

Stensgård.

Great heavens, Mr. Lundestad! do you really mean what you say?

Lundestad.

Oh, I don’t want to commit you; if you don’t care about it——