Tesman.
With the future! But, good heavens, we know nothing of the future!
Lövborg.
No; but there is a thing or two to be said about it all the same. [Opens the packet.] Look here——
Tesman.
Why, that’s not your handwriting.
Lövborg.
I dictated it. [Turning over the pages.] It falls into two sections. The first deals with the civilising forces of the future. And here is the second—[running through the pages towards the end]—forecasting the probable line of development.
Tesman.
How odd now! I should never have thought of writing anything of that sort.