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 Hedda. Not voluntarily?

Brack.

No. The thing did not happen exactly as I told it.

Hedda.

[In suspense.] Have you concealed something? What is it?

Brack.

For poor Mrs. Elvsted's sake I idealised the facts a little.

Hedda.

What are the facts?

Brack. First, that he is already dead.

Hedda. At the hospital?

Brack. Yes—without regaining consciousness.

Hedda. What more have you concealed?

Brack. This—the event did not happen at his lodgings.

Hedda. Oh, that can make no difference.

Brack. Perhaps it may. For I must tell you—Eilert