Hjalmar (shrinking). How should I join in?
Fat Gentleman. Don’t you think, Mr. Werle, that Tokay may be considered a comparatively wholesome drink for the stomach?
Werle (by the fireplace). I can answer for the Tokay you’ve had to-day, anyhow, for it is one of the very best vintages. You noticed it, no doubt.
Fat Gentleman. Yes, it tastes remarkably delicate.
Hjalmar (hesitatingly). Is there any difference then in the vintages?
Fat Gentleman (laughing). Oh, that is good!
Werle (smiling). It is hardly worth while giving you a fine wine.
Thin-haired Gentleman. It’s the same with Tokay as with photographs, Mr. Ekdal. There must be sunshine. Is it not so?
Hjalmar. Yes, light has a great deal to do with it.
Mrs. Sorby. Why, that’s exactly as it is with chamberlains, for they, too, greatly need sunshine, people say.