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Dr. Stockmann.
[Going to the dining-room door and looking in.] Katrina! Hallo! are you back, Petra?
Petra.
[Entering.] Yes, I've just got back from school.
Mrs. Stockmann.
[Entering.] Hasn’t he been here yet?
Dr. Stockmann.
Peter? No; but I have been having a long talk with Hovstad. He’s quite enthusiastic about my discovery. It turns out to be of much wider import than I thought at first. So he has placed his paper at my disposal, if I should require it.
Mrs. Stockmann.