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 Rörlund.

Tell me, Dina—what is it that really makes you like to be with me?

Dina.

You teach me so much that is beautiful.

Rörlund.

Beautiful? Do you call what I can teach you beautiful?

Dina.

Yes; or rather—you teach me nothing; but when I hear you speak, it makes me think of so much that is beautiful.

Rörlund.

What do you understand, then, by a beautiful thing?

Dina.

I have never thought of that.

Rörlund.

Then think of it now. What do you understand by a beautiful thing?

Dina.

A beautiful thing is something great—and far away.

Rörlund.

H'm.—My dear Dina—I sympathise with you from the bottom of my heart.

Dina.

Is that all?

Rörlund.

You know very well how unspeakably dear you are to me.