I tell you the whole place is a poisonous whited-sepulchre; noxious in the highest degree! All that filth up there in the Mill Dale—the stuff that smells so horribly—taints the water in the feed-pipes of the Pump-Room; and the same accursëd poisonous refuse oozes out by the beach——
Hovstad.
Where the sea-baths are?
Dr. Stockmann.
Exactly.
Hovstad.
But how are you so sure of all this, Doctor?
Dr. Stockmann.
I've investigated the whole thing as conscientiously as possible. I've long had my suspicions about it. Last year we had some extraordinary cases of illness among the patients—both typhoid and gastric attacks——
Mrs. Stockmann.