Mrs. Alving.
What do you mean by “really responsible people”?
Manders.
Well, I mean people in such independent and influential positions that one cannot help attaching some weight to their opinions.
Mrs. Alving.
There are several people of that sort here, who would very likely be shocked if——
Manders.
There, you see! In town we have many such people. Think of all my colleague’s adherents! People would be only too ready to interpret our action as a sign that neither you nor I had the right faith in a Higher Providence.
Mrs. Alving.
But for your own part, my dear Pastor, you can at least tell yourself that——