Aslaksen.

Very well; here it is.

[Stensgård thrusts the letter into his pocket, and mixes with the rest.

Madam Rundholmen.

[To Bastian.] What do you say to the election, Mr. Bastian?

Bastian.

I’m delighted. Stensgård and I are bosom friends, you know. I shouldn’t be surprised if he got into Parliament.

Madam Rundholmen.

But your father wouldn’t much like that.

Bastian.