Not just now; precisely at this moment I need all the respect and goodwill of my fellow citizens, I have a great undertaking in hand, as you have probably heard; and if evil-disposed persons should succeed in shaking people’s unqualified confidence in me, it may involve me in the most serious difficulties. I must silence these carping and spiteful scribblers at any cost; and that is why I give you till the day after to-morrow.
Aune.
You might just as well give me till this afternoon, Consul Bernick.
Bernick.
You mean that I am demanding impossibilities?
Aune.
Yes, with the present working staff——
Bernick.
Oh, very well;—then we must look about us elsewhere.
Aune.