Olaf.

[Peeping out.] Mother, the manager’s wife is standing at the fountain washing her face!

Mrs. Bernick.

What? In the middle of the market-place?

Mrs. Rummel.

And in broad daylight!

Hilmar.

Well, if I were travelling in the desert and came upon a well, I should never hesitate to——Ugh, that abominable clarinet!

Rörlund.

The police ought really to interfere.