Of course; you are a statesman, a diplomatist. But I must be off and find out all I can about it. It’s such sport with these heroes of finance: they are like beads on a string—when one slips off, all the rest follow.
[Goes out by the back.
Stensgård.
Is there any truth in all this gossip?
Lundestad.
You showed me a bill; I thought I saw young Mr. Bratsberg’s name upon it?
Stensgård.
The Chamberlain’s too.
Lundestad.
And you asked me if it was good?