Stensgård.
Of course not.
Lundestad.
And with industry and determination you’ll soon be on your feet again. Don’t let poverty frighten you. I know what love is; I went into all that in my young days. A happy home; a faithful woman——! My dear young friend, beware how you take any step that may involve you in life-long self-reproach.
Stensgård.
But what will become of your plans?
Lundestad.
Oh, they must go as best they can. I couldn’t think of demanding the sacrifice of your heart!
Stensgård.
But I will make the sacrifice. Yes, I will show you that I have the strength for it. Think of the longing multitude out there: they claim me with a sort of voiceless pathos. I cannot, I dare not, fail them!