That may be all right on shore; but at sea it wouldn’t do at all.
Hovstad.
It’s remarkable how little sailors care about public affairs as a rule.
Billing.
Most extraordinary.
Dr. Stockmann.
Sailors are like birds of passage; they are at home both in the south and in the north. So it behoves the rest of us to be all the more energetic, Mr. Hovstad. Will there be anything of public interest in the People’s Messenger to-morrow?
Hovstad.
Nothing of local interest. But the day after to-morrow I think of printing your article——
Dr. Stockmann.