Mrs. Stockmann.

Well, I don’t know; I don’t like it.

Petra.

Really, mother, I think you are quite wrong there.

Mrs. Stockmann.

Perhaps. But I don’t like it—not here, at home.

Petra.

There’s no end of hypocrisy both at home and at school. At home you must hold your tongue, and at school you have to stand up and tell lies to the children.

Horster.

Have you to tell lies?