Johan.
Has he never——? Oh, I mean has he never said so much as a word in my defence?
Martha.
Ah, Johan, you know Karsten’s strict principles.
Johan.
H’m—of course, of course—yes, I know my old friend Karsten’s strict principles.—But this is——! Well, well—I have just been talking to him. It seems to me he has changed a good deal.
Martha.
How can you say so? Karsten has always been an excellent man.
Johan.
That was not exactly what I meant; but let that pass.—H’m; now I understand the light you have seen me in; it is the prodigal’s return that you have been waiting for.