Engstrand.

Lord bless you, I don’t mean just exactly the same. But I mean, if your Reverence had anything to be ashamed of in the eyes of the world, as the saying goes. We menfolk oughtn’t to judge a poor woman too hardly, your Reverence.

Manders.

I am not doing so. It is you I am reproaching.

Engstrand.

Might I make so bold as to ask your Reverence a bit of a question?

Manders.

Yes, if you want to.

Engstrand.

Isn’t it right and proper for a man to raise up the fallen?