Do you really want me to believe that you are ignorant of the terms of old Morten Kiil’s will?
Dr. Stockmann.
I know that the little he has is to go to a home for old and needy artizans. But what has that got to do with me?
Burgomaster.
To begin with, “the little he has” is no trifle. Morten Kiil is a tolerably wealthy man.
Dr. Stockmann.
I have never had the least notion of that!
Burgomaster.
H'm—really? Then I suppose you have no notion that a not inconsiderable part of his fortune is to go to your children, you and your wife having a life-interest in it. Has he not told you that?
Dr. Stockmann.