to a benevolent Institution, that was to have been a blessing both to town and country, as the saying goes! The newspapers won't be for handling your Reverence very gently, I expect.
Manders.
No; that is just what I am thinking of. That is almost the worst of the whole matter. All the malignant attacks and imputations! Oh, it makes me shudder to think of it!
Mrs. Alving.
[Comes in from the garden.] He is not to be persuaded to leave the fire.
Manders.
Ah, there you are, Mrs. Alving.
Mrs. Alving.
So you have escaped your Inaugural Address, Pastor Manders.
Manders.
Oh, I should so gladly
Mrs. Alving.
[In an undertone.] It is all for the best. That Orphanage would have done no one any good.
Manders.
Do you think not?
Mrs. Alving.
Do you think it would?
Manders.
It is a terrible misfortune, all the same.
