No, Consul.
[He goes into Consul’s office.
Bernick.
[Looking again at the telegram.] These gentlemen think nothing of risking the lives of eighteen men——
Hilmar.
Well, it’s a sailor’s calling to brave the elements. It must brace up your nerves to feel that you have only a thin plank between you and eternity——
Bernick.
I should like to see the shipowner among us that would have the conscience to do such a thing! There isn’t one, not a single one. [Catches sight of Olaf.] Ah, thank goodness, nothing has happened to him.
[Olaf, with a fishing-line in his hand, comes running up the street and through the garden-gate.
Olaf.