You read and think too much, Aune; it does you no good; that is what makes you dissatisfied with your position.
Aune.
It’s not that, Consul; but I can’t abear to see one good workman after another packed off to starve for the sake of these machines.
Bernick.
H’m; when printing was discovered, many copyists had to starve.
Aune.
Would you have thought printing such a fine thing, Consul, if you’d have been a copyist?
Bernick.
I didn’t get you here to argue with you. I sent for you to tell you that the Indian Girl must be ready to sail the day after to-morrow.
Aune.