Hovstad.
[Rising.] You surely can’t mean that the town——?
Aslaksen.
Would you come upon the rates? Upon the scanty savings of the lower middle-class?
Burgomaster.
Why, my dear Mr. Aslaksen, where else are the funds to come from?
Aslaksen.
The proprietors of the Baths must see to that.
Burgomaster.
The proprietors are not in a position to go to any further expense.