Goes and opens the door to the hall.
Dr. Stockmann.
[Laughing and talking loudly, without.] Here’s another visitor for you, Katrina. Isn’t it capital, eh? Come in, Captain Horster. Hang your coat on that peg. What! you don’t wear an overcoat? Fancy, Katrina, I caught him in the street, and I could hardly get him to come in.
Captain Horster.
Enters and bows to Mrs. Stockmann.
Dr. Stockmann.
[In the doorway.] In with you, boys. They’re famishing again! Come along, Captain Horster; you must try our roast beef——
[He forces Horster into the dining-room. Eilif and Morten follow them.
Mrs. Stockmann.
But, Thomas, don’t you see——