Hovstad.

I think so, now and then.

Petra.

Yes, in the little every-day squabbles—that I can understand. But now that you have taken up a great cause——

Hovstad.

You mean this affair of your father’s?

Petra.

Of course. I should think you must feel yourself worth more than the general run of people now.

Hovstad.

Yes, to-day I do feel something of the sort.