[He bows, and goes out through the garden and down the street. Aune goes quietly out to the right. Doctor Rörlund, who during the whole of the foregoing conversation has continued reading, presently closes the book with a bang.
Rörlund.
There, my dear ladies, that is the end.
Mrs. Rummel.
Oh, what an instructive tale!
Mrs. Holt.
And so moral!
Mrs. Bernick.
Such a book really gives one a great deal to think over.
Rörlund.