Townsman. But there are a lot of acolytes, and one of them might
be saying a mass for us in his place.

Gert. They are probably too busy.

Townsman. With what?

Gert. That's hard to tell.

Townsman. Take care, my good man! You seem to have a leaning
towards Lutherism. Bishop Hans of Linkoping is here, and so's the
King.

Gert. Is Brask in town?

Townsman. Indeed he is. But I suppose we had better try the
church door to see if it be really closed.

Gert (runs up the steps and beats the church door with his
fist).The house of God is closed this Whitsun Eve. The reverend
clergy will grant no audience with the Lord to-day, and so the
worshipful commonalty will have to go home and go to bed without
any mass. Look here, good folk! Here you have a door--mere wood,
of course, but that matters little, as it is lined with copper.
Just take a look at this door! If I say that the Lord is living
within--this being His house; and if I say that the bishop's
diaconus, or secretarius, or canonicus, or some other fellow
ending in 'us'--for it's only these clerical gentlemen that end
in 'us'; and if I say that some fellow of that kind has the key