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 Dr. Herdal.

[To Mrs. Solness.] Don't you see that I was right? He has given up all thought of that folly.

Mrs. Solness.

Oh, what a relief! Twice workmen have fallen, and each time they were killed on the spot. [Turns to Hilda.] Thank you, Miss Wangel, for having kept such a firm hold upon him. I should never have been able to manage him.

Dr. Herdal.

[Playfully] Yes, yes, Miss Wangel, you know how to keep firm hold on a man, when you give your mind to it.

[Mrs. Solness and Dr. Herdal go up to the ladies, who are standing nearer to the steps and looking over the garden. Hilda remains standing beside the railing in the foreground. Ragnar goes up to her.

Ragnar.

[With suppressed laughter, half whispering.] Miss Wangel—do you see all those young fellows down in the street?

Hilda.

Yes.

Ragnar.

They are my fellow students, come to look at the master.

Hilda.

What do they want to look at him for?