Mrs. Stockmann.
No no, not I. But I'll stand at the window and watch you—that I will.
Dr. Stockmann.
[Throwing his arms about her and kissing her.] Thank you for that! Now, my good sirs, we’re ready for the fight! Now we shall see whether your despicable tactics can stop the mouth of the patriot who wants to purge society!
[He and his wife go out together by the door in the back, left.
Burgomaster.
[Shaking his head dubiously.] Now he has turned her head too!
ACT FOURTH.
A large old-fashioned room in Captain Horster’s house. An open folding-door in the background leads to an anteroom. In the wall on the left are three windows. About the middle of the opposite wall is a platform, and on it a small table, two candles, a water-bottle and glass, and a bell. For the rest, the room is lighted by sconces placed between the windows. In front, on the left, is a table with a candle on it, and by it a chair. In front, to the right, a door, and near it a few chairs.
Large assemblage of all classes of townsfolk. In the crowd are a few women and schoolboys. More and more people gradually stream in from the back until the room is quite full.