Bernick.
And in two months you will be here again?
Johan.
I hope so. The wind is fair. In three weeks I shall be in New York—if the Indian Girl doesn't go to the bottom.
Bernick.
[Starting.] Go to the bottom? Why should the Indian Girl go to the bottom?
Johan.
That's just what I say.
Bernick.
[Almost inaudibly.] Go to the bottom?
Johan.
Well, Bernick, now you know what you have to expect; you must do what you can in the mean-*time. Good-bye! Give my love to Betty, though she certainly has not received me in a very sisterly fashion. But Martha I must see. She must tell Dina—she must promise me
[He goes out by the second door on the left.
Bernick.
[To himself.] The Indian Girl? [Quickly.] Lona, you must prevent this!
Lona.
You see yourself, Karsten—I have lost all power over him.
[She follows Johan into the room on the left.
Bernick.
[In unquiet thought.] Go to the bottom?
