STRÅMAND
(gnider sig fornøjet i hænderne og ser ud efter Falk).
Det var tilpas for ham, den frække knægt; –
så skal de ha'e det, disse kloge spåmænd!
(de går opover i samtale, idet fru Halm nærmer sig med Svanhild.)
STRAWMAN
[Rubbing his hands with satisfaction and looking after FALK].
Insolent fellow! Well, it served him right;--
Would all these knowing knaves were in his plight!
[They go across in conversation; MRS. HALM approaches with SVANHILD.]