cultural resources in henrik ibsen's early environment - Ibsen.net

Would it interest you that a man in Jylland has proven positively in front of a large group
of people that he cannot walk on water?
No.
LOUISE.
BRANDT.
Or that Madame Klatt's elephant has drunk so much brandy that it has acquired a red
trunk?
LOUISE.
No, not that either . . . except that a drinker in such grand style inevitably inspires
admiration.
BRANDT.
Or would it interest you that the regiments are summoned for Autumn maneuvers?
LOUISE.
Yes, . . . that is, I am obliged to take an interest in it. After all, you said that billetting is
usually made here on the farm.
BRANDT (jumps up).
What? Billetting? Yes, God help us, that's true! And I have not thought about it at all . .
. . No, that won't do!
LOUISE.
They do not ask us, certainly. We must tolerate billetting whether we like it or not.
BRANDT.
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