Four or five more articles, eh? On the same subject?
Dr. Stockmann.
Oh no—not at all, my dear fellow. No; they will deal with quite different matters. But they’re all of a piece with the water-works and sewer question. One thing leads to another. It’s just like beginning to pick at an old house, don’t you know?
Billing.
Strike me dead, but that’s true! You feel you can’t leave off till you’ve pulled the whole lumber-heap to pieces.
Aslaksen.
[Enters from the printing-room.] Pulled to pieces! Surely the Doctor isn’t thinking of pulling the Baths to pieces?
Hovstad.
Not at all. Don’t be alarmed.
Dr. Stockmann.