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 Tesman.

[Looks doubtfully at him.] Has anything else happened?

Brack.

Yes.

Hedda.

[In suspense.] Anything sad, Judge Brack?

Brack.

That, too, depends on how you look at it, Mrs. Tesman.

Mrs. Elvsted.

[Unable to restrain her anxiety.] Oh! it is something about Eilert Lövborg!

Brack.

[With a glance at her.] What makes you think that, Madam? Perhaps you have already heard something?

Mrs. Elvsted.

[In confusion.] No, nothing at all, but

Tesman.

Oh, for heaven's sake, tell us!

Brack.

[Shrugging his shoulders!] Well, I regret to say Eilert Lövborg has been taken to the hospital. He is lying at the point of death.

Mrs. Elvsted.

[Shrieks.] Oh God! oh God!

Tesman.

To the hospital! And at the point of death!