I advise you not to trust to that.

Aune.

You can think of turning me away! Why, my father before me, and his father too, worked in the shipyard all their lives; and I myself——

Bernick.

Who forces me to it?

Aune.

You want me to do things as can’t be done, Consul.

Bernick.

Oh, where there’s a will there’s a way. Yes or no? Answer me definitely, or I dismiss you on the spot.

Aune.