No, now! at once!
Lundestad.
You can’t speak just now. Silence for Mr. Ringdal!
Ringdal.
[On the rostrum.] Ladies and gentlemen! We have at this moment the honour of seeing in our midst the man with the warm heart and the open hand—the man we have all looked up to for many a year, as to a father—the man who is always ready to help us, both in word and deed—the man whose door is never closed to any reputable citizen—the man who—who—ladies and gentlemen, our honoured guest is no lover of long speeches; so, without more words, I call for three cheers for Chamberlain Bratsberg and his family! Long life to them! Hurrah!
The Crowd.
Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah!
[Great enthusiasm; people press around the Chamberlain, who thanks them and shakes hands with those nearest him.
Stensgård.
Now may I speak?