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 Nora.

No, not at once.

Krogstad.

Or have you any means of raising the money in the next few days?

Nora.

None—that I will make use of.

Krogstad.

And if you had, it would not help you now. If you offered me ever so much money down, you should not get back your I.O.U.

Nora.

Tell me what you want to do with it.

Krogstad.

I only want to keep it—to have it in my possession. No outsider shall hear anything of it. So, if you have any desperate scheme in your head

Nora.

What if I have?

Krogstad.

If you should think of leaving your husband and children

Nora.

What if I do?

Krogstad.

Or if you should think of—something worse

Nora.

How do you know that?

Krogstad.

Put all that out of your head.