Bernick: Ahem!

Hilmar: I must say--ugh! (Goes out through the garden.)

Lona: What is the matter with the man?

Bernick: Oh, do not take any notice of him; his nerves are rather
upset just now. Would you not like to take a look at the garden?
You have not been down there yet, and I have got an hour to
spare.

Lona: With pleasure. I can tell you my thoughts have been with
you in this garden many and many a time.

Mrs. Bernick: We have made a great many alterations there too, as
you will see. (BERNICK, MRS. BERNICK, and LONA go down to the
garden, where they are visible every now and then during the
following scene.)

Olaf (coming to the verandah door): Uncle Hilmar, do you know
what uncle Johan asked me? He asked me if I would go to America
with him.

Hilmar: You, you duffer, who are tied to your mother's apron
strings--!

Olaf: Ah, but I won't be that any longer. You will see, when I
grow big.