Mrs. Alving.
Enough, my dear Pastor Manders. That consideration is quite decisive.
Manders.
Then you do not wish the Orphanage to be insured?
Mrs. Alving.
No. We will let it alone.
Manders.
[Leaning back in his chair.] But if, now, a disaster were to happen? One can never tell——Should you be able to make good the damage?
Mrs. Alving.
No; I tell you plainly I should do nothing of the kind.