Indeed? And Godfrey?
PASTOR (shrugs his shoulders).
Is forester of Düsterwalde for the time being. That cannot be helped—
FORESTER.
That is what you say. But I tell you Godfrey is not. I am the forester of Düsterwalde. That I am, and that I remain, until Mr. Stein proves that I have not acted in accordance with my duty.
PASTOR.
But, in order that you might see how ready he is, for his part, to redress his share of the wrong and to reëstablish the old comfortable relation, you are to draw the double amount of your present salary as a pension.
[FORESTER walks up and down, and whistles.]
PASTOR.
Thus far my message, old friend; and now—