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 Regina.

[To herself.] So mother was that kind of woman.

Mrs. Alving.

Your mother had many good qualities, Regina.

Regina.

Yes, but she was one of that sort, all the same. Oh, I've often suspected it; butAnd now, if you please, ma'am, may I be allowed to go away at once?

Mrs. Alving.

Do you really wish it, Regina?

Regina.

Yes, indeed I do.

Mrs. Alving.

Of course you can do as you like; but

Oswald.

[Goes towards Regina.] Go away now? Your place is here.

Regina.

Merci, Mr. Alving!—or now, I suppose, I may say Oswald. But I can tell you this wasn't at all what I expected.

Mrs. Alving.

Regina, I have not been frank with you

Regina.

No, that you haven't indeed. If I'd known that Oswald was an invalid, whyAnd now, too, that it can never come to anything serious between usI really can't stop out here in