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 Kaia.

[Putting down the portfolio.] Good night, then. [Beseechingly.] And please, please think kindly of me.

Solness.

Oh, that I always do. Good-night, my dear little Kaia. [Glances to the right.] Go, go now!

Mrs. Solness and Dr. Herdal enter by the door on the right. He is a stoutish, elderly man, with a round, good-humoured face, clean shaven, with thin, light hair, and gold spectacles.

Mrs. Solness.

[Still in the doorway.] Halvard, I cannot keep the doctor any longer.

Solness.

Well then, come in here.

Mrs. Solness.

[To Kaia, who is turning down the desk-lamp.] Have you finished the letter already, Miss Fosli?

Kaia.

[In confusion.] The letter?

Solness.

Yes, it was quite a short one.

Mrs. Solness.

It must have been very short.

Solness.

You may go now, Miss Fosli. And please come in good time to morrow morning.