Hush!

Aslaksen.

I will now put the Burgomaster’s resolution to the vote.

Dr. Stockmann.

You need not. I have no intention of saying anything this evening of all the filth at the Baths. No! You shall hear something quite different.

Burgomaster.

[Half aloud.] What next, I wonder?

A Drunken Man.

[At the main entrance.] I'm a ratepayer, so I've a right to my opinion! And it’s my full, firm, incomprehensible opinion that——

Several Voices.