The House-owners' Association is sending round a circular from house to house, in which all well-disposed citizens are called upon not to employ you; and I dare swear that not a single head of a family will venture to refuse his signature; he simply dare not.
Dr. Stockmann.
Well well; I don’t doubt that. But what then?
Burgomaster.
If I might advise, I would suggest that you should leave the town for a time——
Dr. Stockmann.
Yes, I've had some such idea in my mind already.
Burgomaster.
Good. And when you have had six months or so for mature deliberation, if you could make up your mind to acknowledge your error, with a few words of regret——
Dr. Stockmann.