Bernick.
Not at home! There, you see, Lona; no support either in joy or sorrow.
Rummel.
Back with the curtains! Come and help me, Mr. Krap! You too, Sandstad! What a terrible pity that the family should be scattered just at this moment! Quite against the programme.
The curtains over the door and windows are drawn back. The whole street is seen to be illuminated. On the house opposite is a large transparency with the inscription, “Long live Karsten Bernick, the Pillar of our Society!”
Bernick.
[Shrinking back.] Away with all this! I will not look at it! Out with it, out with it!
Rummel.
Are you in your senses, may I ask?
Martha.