"Henrik Ibsen - An Enemy Of The People" - читать интересную книгу автора (Ibsen Henrik)

Peter Stockmann. Good evening, Katherine.
Mrs. Stockmann (coming forward into the sitting-room) . Ah, good eveningЧis it
you? How good of you to come up and see us!
Peter Stockmann. I happened to be passing, and soЧ(looks into the dining-room).
But you have company with you, I see.
Mrs. Stockmann (a little embarrassed). Oh, noЧit was quite by chance he came in.
(Hurriedly.) Won't you come in and have something, too?
Peter Stockmann. I! No, thank you. Good graciousЧhot meat at night! Not with my
digestion,
Mrs. Stockmann. Oh, but just once in a wayЧ
Peter Stockmann. No, no, my dear lady; I stick to my tea and bread and butter.
It is much more wholesome in the long runЧand a little more economical, too.
Mrs. Stockmann (smiling). Now you mustn't think that Thomas and I are
spendthrifts.
Peter Stockmann. Not you, my dear; I would never think that of you. (Points to
the Doctor's study.) Is he not at home?
Mrs. Stockmann. No, he went out for a little turn after supperЧ he and the boys.

Peter Stockmann. I doubt if that is a wise thing to do. (Listens.) I fancy I
hear him coming now.
Mrs. Stockmann. No, I don't think it is he. (A knock is heard at the door.) Come
in! (HOVSTAD comes in from the hall.) Oh, it is you, Mr. Hovstad!
Hovstad. Yes, I hope you will forgive me, but I was delayed at the printers.
Good evening, Mr. Mayor.
Peter Stockmann (bowing a little distantly). Good evening. You have come on
business, no doubt.
Hovstad. Partly. It's about an article for the paper.
Peter Stockmann. So I imagined. I hear my brother has become a prolific
contributor to the "People's Messenger."
Hovstad. Yes, he is good enough to write in the "People's Messenger" when he has
any home truths to tell.
Mrs, Stockmann (to HOVSTAD). But won't youЧ? (Points to the dining-room.)
Peter Stockmann. Quite so, quite so. I don't blame him in the least, as a
writer, for addressing himself to the quarters where he will find the readiest
sympathy. And, besides that, I personally have no reason to bear any ill will to
your paper, Mr. Hovstad.
Hovstad. I quite agree with you.
Peter Stockmann. Taking one thing with another, there is an excellent spirit of
toleration in the townЧan admirable municipal spirit. And it all springs from
the fact of our having a great common interest to unite usЧan interest that is
in an equally high degree the concern of every right-minded citizen
Hovstad. The Baths, yes.
Peter Stockmann. ExactlyЧ-our fine, new, handsome Baths. Mark my words, Mr.
HovstadЧthe Baths will become the focus of our municipal life! Not a doubt of
it!
Mrs. Stockmann. That is just what Thomas says.
Peter Stockmann. Think how extraordinarily the place has developed within the
last year or two! Money has been flowing in, and there is some life and some
business doing in the town. Houses and landed property are rising in value every
day.