Why, of course, Pastor. This is St. John's Eve. The villagers will set off tar-barrels and bonfires, and we will celebrate it with a bowl.
Brauer.
[Mischievously.] But perhaps this festival is too heathenish for the clergy----
Pastor.
Bless you, that all depends. If you have not the clergy's sanction, then it is wicked and heathenish----
Brauer.
But if they are invited, then it is Christianly and good? Ha, ha----!
Pastor.
Well, I did not say that. You had better apply to the consistory, they are better able to decide that point.