[Still pacing the room.] So you are there, are you—bird of evil omen!

Fieldbo.

Yes, it was a very unpleasant affair.

The Chamberlain.

[Looking out at the window.] Oh, you think so?

Fieldbo.

You must have noticed how I kept my eye upon Stensgård all the evening. Unfortunately, when I heard there was to be a game of forfeits, I thought there was no danger——

The Chamberlain.

[Stamping on the floor.] To be made a laughing-stock by such a windbag! What must my guests have thought of me? That I was mean enough to want to buy this creature, this—this——as Lundestad calls him!

Fieldbo.