Monsen? Oh, absurd!

Lundestad.

Fact, Mr. Heire! Ringdal or Miss Thora must have got him persuaded that——

Heire.

And so he goes and asks him to a state dinner-party! Deuce take me, if that isn’t the best thing I’ve heard for long! No, really now, I can’t keep that bottled up.

Lundestad.

Sh, sh! Remember your promise. The Chamberlain’s your old school-fellow: and even if he has been a little hard upon you——

Heire.

Hee-hee! I’ll pay him back with interest!

Lundestad.