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Ringdal.
Yes, so I hear on all sides.
Stensgård.
And aren't both the Bratsbergs involved in it?
Ringdal.
My dear sir, are you crazy?
Stensgård.
Oh, you naturally want to keep it dark.
Ringdal.
What good would that be? That sort of thing can't be kept dark.
Stensgård.
Is it not true then?
Ringdal.
Not a word of it, so far as the Chamberlain is concerned. How could you believe such nonsense? Who has been humbugging you?
Stensgård.
I won't tell you just yet.
Ringdal.
Well, you needn't; but whoever it was must have had a motive.
Stensgård.
A motive—-!
Ringdal.
Yes, just think: is there no one who has an interest in keeping you and the Chamberlain apart?
