Bernick.
I tell you, such innuendoes are utterly unjust.
Hilmar.
Yes, you are an optimist. But here we have them upon us again of course; so I shall get away in time. [Goes towards the door on the left.
Lona Hessel enters from the right.
Lona.
What, Hilmar, am I driving you away?
Hilmar.
Not at all, not at all. I really oughtn't to have been wasting time here; I have something to say to Betty. [Goes out by the second door on the left.
Bernick.
[After a short pause.] Well, Lona?
Lona.
Well?
Bernick.
What do you think of me to-day?
Lona.
The same as yesterday; a lie more or less
Bernick.
I must clear all this up. Where has Johan gone to?
Lona.
He will be here directly; he is talking to a man outside there.
Bernick.
After what you heard yesterday, you can understand that my whole position is ruined if the truth comes to light.
