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 Oswald.

I know it. You may live the same life here as there, and yet it won't be the same life.

Mrs. Alving.

[Who has been listening eagerly, rises, her eyes big with thought, and says:] Now I see the sequence of things.

Oswald.

What is it you see?

Mrs. Alving.

I see it now for the first time. And now I can speak.

Oswald.

[Rising.] Mother, I don't understand you.

Regina.

[Who has also risen.] Perhaps I ought to go?

Mrs. Alving.

No. Stay here. Now I can speak. Now, my boy, you shall know the whole truth. And then you can choose. Oswald! Regina!

Oswald.

Hush! The Pastor

Manders.

[Enters by the hall door.] There! We have had a most edifying time down there.

Oswald.

So have we.