Bibliotheca Polyglotta

De unges forbund (The League of Youth)

KAMMERHERREN.
Desværre; derfor ser man også, at her sluttes handler på ti-tyve tusend species, uden at hverken køber eller sælger ejer to danske skilling. Se, dette, herr Monsen, det har jeg imod Dem. Og desuden noget, som ligger nærmere endda. Tror De, det var med min gode vilje, at min søn kastede sig ind i alle disse vilde foretagender?

THE CHAMBERLAIN.
That is just the mischief of it; for now we have people making bargains to the tune of ten or twenty thousand dollars,¹ though neither of the parties has so much as a brass farthing. That is what sets me against you, Mr. Monsen. And there is another thing too that touches me still more nearly. Do you think it was with my good will that my son flung himself into all these wild speculations?

1. The dollar -- four crowns -- four-and-sixpence, was the unit of coinage at the time this play was written. It has since been replaced by the crown.

侍从官:
这正是你可恶的地方，因为现在的人一借债动不动就是一两万块钱，其实呢，放债的主儿都是两手空空，一个铜子儿都没有。孟森先生，我恨你就为这个。另外还有一桩更叫我痛心的事儿。你以为我眼睁睁地瞧着我儿子乱搞这些危险的投机生意，心里高兴吗？

Nor Ibsen (1869) line no. 3,153; Eng Archer (1890); Chi (2006); Permanent link

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