What else could I do? I really could bear the suspense no longer.
Tesman.
But you didn’t find him either—eh?
Mrs. Elvsted.
No. And the people knew nothing about him. He hadn’t been home since yesterday afternoon, they said.
Tesman.
Yesterday! Fancy, how could they say that?
Mrs. Elvsted.
Oh, I am sure something terrible must have happened to him.
Tesman.