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 Rörlund.

And did you not notice, too, how kindly she spoke to you?

Dina.

But that is what I can't bear.

Rörlund.

Yours is a rebellious nature, Dina.

Dina.

Yes.

Rörlund.

What makes it so?

Dina.

It has never been otherwise.

Rörlund.

But could you not try to change?

Dina.

No.

Rörlund.

Why not?

Dina.

[Looks up at him.] Because I belong to the "Lapsed and Lost."

Rörlund.

Fie, Dina!

Dina.

And so did my mother before me.

Rörlund.

Who has spoken to you of such things?

Dina.

No one; they never speak. Why don't they? They all handle me as gingerly as though I would