Yes, I’ve been thinking of paying them a visit—I mean calling on them, you know. If I could only find some pretext——
Ballested.
Oh nonsense,—a pretext——[Looks out to the left.] Confound it all! [Collects his things.] The steamer’s alongside the pier already. I must be off to the hotel. Perhaps some of the new arrivals may require my services. For I practise as a hair-cutter and friseur, too, I must tell you.
Lyngstrand.
You seem to be very versatile.
Ballested.
One must know how to ac—climatise oneself to various professions in these small places. If you should ever require anything in the hair line—pomade or what not—you have only to ask for Dancing-Master Ballested.
Lyngstrand.
Dancing-Master——
Ballested.