Hilmar.

I beg your pardon, Doctor.

Mrs. Bernick.

Just when everything was so nice and quiet too!

Hilmar.

Well, for my part, I shouldn’t mind their beginning their bickerings again. It would be a variety at least.

Rörlund.

I think we can dispense with that sort of variety.

Hilmar.

It depends upon one’s constitution. Some natures crave for a Titanic struggle now and then. But there’s no room for that sort of thing in our petty provincial life, and it’s not every one that can—— [Turning over the leaves of Rörlund’s book.] “Woman as the Servant of Society”—what rubbish is this!