The Chamberlain.
Indeed? H’m!
Stensgård.
Yes, for I have will on my side. Remember what you told me yesterday. You were opposed to your son’s marriage—and see how it has turned out! You must put on the glasses of experience, as Fieldbo said——
The Chamberlain.
Ah, that was what you meant?
Fieldbo.
Not in the least! My dear Chamberlain, let me speak to him alone——
Stensgård.
Nonsense; I have nothing to speak to you about. Now, pray be reasonable, Chamberlain! A family like yours needs new alliances, or its brains stagnate——