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 Gina.

Yes, like enough.

Gregers.

When he ought to have been yearning for solitude, to collect and clear his thoughts

Gina.

Yes, you may well say so.

Relling enters from the passage.

Hedvig.

[Going to him.] Is father in your room?

Gina.

[At the same time.] Is he there?

Relling.

Yes, to be sure he is.

Hedvig.

And you never let us know!

Relling.

Yes; I'm a brute. But in the first place I had to look after the other brute; I mean our dæmonic friend, of course; and then I fell so dead asleep that

Gina.

What does Ekdal say to-day?

Relling.

He says nothing whatever.

Hedvig.

Doesn't he speak?

Relling.

Not a blessed word.