Rummel.
It's not true! Prove!—prove!
Vigeland.
We have not agreed to anything!
Sandstad.
Well, I must say
Bernick.
Quite right; we have not yet agreed on what I was about to mention. But I am confident that these three gentlemen will acquiesce when I say that I have this evening determined to form a joint-stock company for the exploitation of these properties; whoever will can have shares in it.
Many Voices.
Hurrah! Long live Consul Bernick!
Rummel.
[Aside to Bernick.] Such base treachery!
Sandstad.
[Likewise.] Then you've been fooling us!
Vigeland.
Why then, devil take! Oh, Lord, what am I saying!
The Crowd.
[Outside.] Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah!
Bernick.
Silence, gentlemen. I have no right to this homage; for what I have now determined was not my original intention. My intention was to retain the whole myself; and I am still of opinion that the property can be most profitably worked if it
