Olaf.

No, Uncle, there’s no bolt in it.

Hilmar.

How do you know? There may very likely be a bolt in it. Take it away, I tell you!—Why the deuce have you never gone to America in one of your father’s ships? There you could go buffalo-hunting or fighting the redskins.

Mrs. Bernick.

Oh, Hilmar——

Olaf.

I should like to very much, Uncle; and then perhaps I might meet Uncle Johan and Aunt Lona.

Hilmar.

H’m—don’t talk nonsense.