Burgomaster.
All is over between us. Your dismissal is irrevocable—for now we have a weapon against you. [He goes out.
Dr. Stockmann.
Shame! shame! shame! [Calls.] Katrina! The floor must be scrubbed after him! Tell her to come here with a pail—what’s her name? confound it—the girl with the smudge on her nose——
Mrs. Stockmann.
[In the sitting-room doorway.] Hush, hush Thomas!
Petra.
[Also in the doorway.] Father, here’s grandfather; he wants to know if he can speak to you alone.
Dr. Stockmann.
Yes, of course he can. [By the door.] Come in, father-in-law.