"Henrik Ibsen - Pillars Of Society" - читать интересную книгу автора (Ibsen Henrik)

was in the room?
Mrs. Lynge: Dina? Good gracious, is there anything wrong withЧ?
Mrs. Holt: And in this house, too! Did you not know it was Mrs. Bernick's
brotherЧ?
Mrs. Lynge: What about him? I know nothing about it at all; I am quite new to
the place, you know.
Mrs. Rummel: Have you not heard thatЧ? Ahem! (To her daughter) Hilda, dear, you
can go for a little stroll in the garden?
Mrs. Holt: You go too, Netta. And be very kind to poor Dina when she comes back.
(HILDA and NETTA go out into the garden.)
Mrs. Lynge: Well, what about Mrs. Bernick's brother?
Mrs. Rummel: Don't you know the dreadful scandal about him?
Mrs. Lynge: A dreadful scandal about Mr. Tonnesen?
Mrs. Rummel: Good Heavens, no. Mr. Tonnesen is her cousin, of course, Mrs.
Lynge. I am speaking of her brotherЧ
Mrs. Holt: The wicked Mr. TonnesenЧ
Mrs. Rummel: His name was Johan. He ran away to America.
Mrs. Holt: Had to run away, you must understand.
Mrs. Lynge: Then it is he the scandal is about?
Mrs. Rummel: Yes; there was somethingЧhow shall I put it?Чthere was something of
some kind between him and Dina's mother. I remember it all as if it were
yesterday. Johan Tonnesen was in old Mrs. Bernick's office then; Karsten Bernick
had just come back from ParisЧhe had not yet become engagedЧ
Mrs. Lynge: Yes, but what was the scandal?
Mrs. Rummel: Well, you must know that Moller's company were acting in the town
that winterЧ
Mrs. Holt: And Dorf, the actor, and his wife were in the company. All the young
men in the town were infatuated with her.
Mrs. Rummel: Yes, goodness knows how they could think her pretty. Well, Dorf
came home late one eveningЧ
Mrs. Holt: Quite unexpectedly.
Mrs. Rummel: And found hisЧ No, really it isn't a thing one can talk about.
Mrs. Holt: After all, Mrs. Rummel, he didn't find anything, because the door was
locked on the inside.
Mrs. Rummel: Yes, that is just what I was going to sayЧhe found the door locked.
AndЧjust think of itЧthe man that was in the house had to jump out of the
window.
Mrs. Holt: Right down from an attic window.
Mrs. Lynge: And that was Mrs. Bernick's brother?
Mrs. Rummel: Yes, it was he.
Mrs. Lynge: And that was why he ran away to America?
Mrs. Holt: Yes, he had to run away, you may be sure.
Mrs. Rummel: Because something was discovered afterwards that was nearly as bad;
just thinkЧhe had been making free with the cash- box...
Mrs. Holt: But, you know, no one was certain of that, Mrs. Rummel; perhaps there
was no truth in the rumour.
Mrs. Rummel: Well, I must sayЧ! Wasn't it known all over the town? Did not old
Mrs. Bernick nearly go bankrupt as the result of it? However, God forbid I
should be the one to spread such reports.
Mrs. Holt: Well, anyway, Mrs. Dorf didn't get the money, because sheЧ