They were as bad as bad could be, Mrs. Lynge. You may thank your stars that you didn’t live here then.

Mrs. Holt.

Yes, there has certainly been a great change! When I think of the time when I was a girl——

Mrs. Rummel.

Oh, you needn’t go back more than fourteen or fifteen years—heaven help us, what a life people led! There was a dancing club and a music club——

Martha.

And the dramatic club—I remember it quite well.

Mrs. Rummel.

Yes; it was there your play was acted, Mr. Tönnesen.

Hilmar.