STYVER
(stiger ned i haven, idet han opdager Falk, som står og ser ud over vandet).
De herrer digtere er hævnsog hads-mænd;
men vi regeringsfolk er fine statsmænd;
jeg vil arbejde for mig selv –
(ser presten, som kommer fra havestuen.)
Se så!
STIVER.
[Descending into the garden discovers FALK, who is standing by the water and gazing over it.]
These poets are mere men of vengeance, we
State servants understand diplomacy.
I need to labour for myself--
[Seeing STRAWMAN, who enters from the garden-room.]
Well met!