Monsen.

What?

Heire.

Ow, ow, ow! Here am I letting cats out of bags——!

Monsen.

Have you been paying visits at the Chamberlain’s?

Stensgård.

Nonsense! A misunderstanding——

Heire.

A most unhappy slip on my part. But how was I to know it was a secret? [To Monsen.] Besides, you musn’t take my expressions too literally. When I say a visit, I mean only a sort of formal call; a frock-coat and yellow gloves affair——