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 Tesman.

It will deal with the domestic industries of Brabant during the Middle Ages.

Miss Tesman.

Fancy—to be able to write on such a subject as that!

Tesman.

However, it may be some time before the book is ready. I have all these collections to arrange first, you see.

Miss Tesman.

Yes, collecting and arranging—no one can beat you at that. There you are my poor brother's own son.

Tesman.

I am looking forward eagerly to setting to work at it; especially now that I have my own delightful home to work in.

Miss Tesman.

And, most of all, now that you have got the wife of your heart, my dear George.

Tesman.

[Embracing her.] Oh yes, yes, Aunt Julia! Hedda—she is the best part of it all! [Looks towards the doorway.] I believe I hear her coming—eh?

Hedda enters from the left through the inner room. She is a woman of nine-and-twenty. Her face and figure show refinement and distinction. Her complexion is pale and opaque. Her steel-grey eyes express a cold, unruffled repose. Her hair