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 *lains—that with them, too, different batches were of different qualities.

Gina. What things you do think of!

Ekdal. Hee-hee! So they got that in their pipes too?

Hialmar.

Right in their teeth.

Ekdal.

Do you hear that, Gina? He said it right in the very teeth of all the Chamberlains.

Gina. Fancy! Right in their teeth!

Hialmar.

Yes, but I don't want it talked about. One doesn't speak of such things. The whole affair passed off quite amicably of course. They were nice, genial fellows; I didn't want to wound them—not I!

Ekdal.

Right in their teeth, though!

Hedvig.

[Caressingly.] How nice it is to see you in a dress-coat! It suits you so well, father.

Hialmar.

Yes, don't you think so? And this one really sits to perfection. It fits almost as if it had been made for me;—a little tight in the arm-holes perhaps;—help me, Hedvig. [Takes off the coat.]