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Stensgård.
At the door.] Excuse me; I'm in a hurry.
The Chamberlain.
[Following him.] Demagogue!
Stensgård.
Good-bye; good-bye! [Goes out by the back.
The Chamberlain.
[Coming forward again.] Now the air is pure again, my friends.
Bastian.
I hope you don't blame me, sir, for what has happened at home?
The Chamberlain.
Every one must bear his own burden.
Bastian.
I had really no part in it.
Selma.
[Who, during the preceding scene, has been listening at the second door on the right.] Father! Now you are happy;—may he come now?
The Chamberlain.
Selma! You! You plead for him? After what happened two days ago
Selma.
Oh, two days are a long time. All is well now. I know now that he can go astray
The Chamberlain.
And that pleases you?