This is a great risk, Karsten.

Bernick.

I have staked all I possess upon the throw.

Lona.

I was not thinking of the money; but when it comes out that——

Bernick.

Yes, that is the great point. With the unblemished reputation I have hitherto borne, I can take the whole affair upon my shoulders and carry it through, saying to my fellow citizens, “See, this I have ventured for the good of the community!”

Lona.

Of the community?

Bernick.