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 and overstrained though it be. But henceforth it shall be different. Play-time is over; now comes the time for education.

Nora.

Whose education? Mine, or the children's?

Helmer.

Both, my dear Nora.

Nora.

Oh, Torvald, you are not the man to teach me to be a fit wife for you.

Helmer.

And you can say that?

Nora.

And I—how have I prepared myself to educate the children?

Helmer.

Nora!

Nora.

Did you not say yourself, a few minutes ago, you dared not trust them to me?

Helmer.

In the excitement of the moment! Why should you dwell upon that?

Nora.

No—you were perfectly right. That problem is beyond me. There is another to be solved first—I must try to educate myself. You are not the man to help me in that. I must set about it alone. And that is why I am leaving you.