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14 Henrlk Ibsen
model of an ideal husband and devoted father.
In short, a worthy pillar of society.
The best ladies of the town come together in
the home of the Bernicks. They represent the
society for the
"
Lapsed and Lost," and they
gather to do a little charitable sewing and a lot
of charitable gossip. It is through them we learn
that Dlna Dorf, the ward of Bernick, is the issue
of the supposed escapade of Johan and the actress.
With them, giving unctuous spiritual advice and
representing the purity and morality of the com
munity, is Rector Rorlund, hidebound, self-right
eous, and narrow-minded.
Into this deadening atmosphere of mental and
social provincialism comes Lona Hessel, refreshing
and invigorating as the wind of the plains. She
has returned to her native town together with
Johan.
The moment she enters the house of Bernick,
the whole structure begins to totter. For in
Lona s own words,
"
Fie, fie this moral linen
here smells so tainted just like a shroud. I am
accustomed to the air of the prairies now, I can
tell you. . . . Wait a little, wait a little we ll
soon rise from the sepulcher. We must have
broad daylight here when my boy comes."
Broad daylight is indeed needed in the com
munity of Consul Bernick, and above all in the
life of the Consul himself.
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