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 the top. stands beside the summer-house and looks at him in silence.

[Coming forward again.] We have a heavy day of work before us, Rita.

You will see—that now and then a Sabbath peace will descend on us.

[Quietly, with emotion.] Then, perhaps, we shall know that the spirits are with us.

[Whispering.] The spirits?

[As before.] Yes, they will perhaps be around us—those whom we have lost.

[Nods slowly.] Our little Eyolf. And your big Eyolf, too.

[Gazing straight before him.] Now and then, perhaps, we may still—on the way through life—have a little, passing glimpse of them.

Where shall we look for them, Alfred?