Hush! hush!
Aslaksen.
No interruptions, gentlemen!—Does any one wish to offer any observations?
Burgomaster.
Mr. Chairman!
Aslaksen.
Burgomaster Stockmann will address the meeting.
Burgomaster.
On account of my close relationship—of which you are probably aware—to the present medical officer of the Baths, I should have preferred not to speak here this evening. But my position as chairman of the Baths, and my care for the vital interests of this town, force me to move a resolution. I may doubtless assume that not a single citizen here present thinks it desirable that untrustworthy and exaggerated statements should get abroad as to the sanitary condition of the Baths and of our town.
Many Voices.