[Chuckling again.] He! Is he in it too?

Hovstad.

What do you mean?

Dr. Stockmann.

Yes, of course he is.

Morten Kiil.

I might have known it! It’s to go into the papers. Ah, you’re the one, Stockmann! Do you two lay your heads together; I'm off.

Dr. Stockmann.

Oh no; don’t go yet, father-in-law.

Morten Kiil.