Oh confound it, that article! No, you’ll have to hold it over.
Hovstad.
Really? We happen to have plenty of space, and I should say this was the very time for it——
Dr. Stockmann.
Yes, yes, you may be right; but you must hold it over all the same. I shall explain to you by-and-by.
Petra, wearing a hat and cloak, and with a number of exercise-books under her arm, enters from the hall.
Petra.
Good evening.
Dr. Stockmann.
Good evening, Petra. Is that you?