You dared not, I suppose? Isn’t that so?
Hovstad.
Yes, if you like to put it so.
Aslaksen.
But why didn’t you just say a word to us beforehand? The merest hint to Mr. Hovstad or to me——
Dr. Stockmann.
A hint? What about?
Aslaksen.
About what was really behind it all.
Dr. Stockmann.