Engstrand.

[Comes close to him.] Ay, but it can though. For here stands old Jacob Engstrand.

Manders.

Well well, but——?

Engstrand.

[More softy.] And Jacob Engstrand isn’t the man to desert a noble benefactor in the hour of need, as the saying goes.

Manders.

Yes, but my good fellow—how——?

Engstrand.

Jacob Engstrand may be likened to a sort of a guardian angel, he may, your Reverence.