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 Kaia.

[Bending her head.] Hush—they can hear you! [Solness strolls across the room to the right, turns and pauses at the door of the draughtsmen's office.

Solness.

Has any one been here for me?

Ragnar.

[Rising.] Yes, the young couple who want a villa built, out at Lövstrand.

Solness.

[Growling.] Oh, those two! They must wait. I am not quite clear about the plans yet.

Ragnar.

[Advancing, with some hesitation.] They were very anxious to have the drawings at once.

Solness.

[As before.] Yes, of course—so they all are.

Brovik.

[Looks up.] They say they are longing so to get into a house of their own.

Solness.

Yes, yes—we know all that! And so they are content to take whatever is offered them. They get a—a roof over their heads—an address—but nothing to call a home. No thank you! In that case, let them apply to somebody else. Tell them that, the next time they call.