“At any rate we cannot feel sorry to have come so far. This prospect is magnificent, and⁠—”

“But I don’t care for prospects. I came with an object, and I mean to attain it. Therefore don’t talk to me about views and prospects.”

I take this as my answer, and I leave the Professor to bite his lips with impatience. At six in the evening Hans asks for his wages, and his three rixdalers are counted out to him.