MRS. ALVING. Then sit down meanwhile.

ENGSTRAND. Thank you, ma'am; I'd as soon stand.

MRS. ALVING. [To MANDERS.] I suppose you are going by the steamer?

MANDERS. Yes; it starts in an hour.

MRS. ALVING. Then be so good as to take all the papers with you. I
won't hear another word about this affair. I have other things to
think of--

MANDERS. Mrs. Alving--

MRS. ALVING. Later on I shall send you a Power of Attorney to
settle everything as you please.

MANDERS. That I will very readily undertake. The original
destination of the endowment must now be completely changed, alas!

MRS. ALVING. Of course it must.

MANDERS. I think, first of all, I shall arrange that the Solvik
property shall pass to the parish. The land is by no means without
value. It can always be turned to account for some purpose or
other. And the interest of the money in the Bank I could, perhaps,
best apply for the benefit of some undertaking of acknowledged
value to the town.

MRS. ALVING. Do just as you please. The whole matter is now