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 Ellida.

[After a short silence.] Don't you think it is nice sitting here?

ARNHOLM.

I think it is very nice.

Ellida.

This is called my summer-house; for it was I that had it built. Or rather Wangel—to please me.

Arnholm.

And you sit here a good deal?

Ellida.

Yes, I pass most of the day here.

Arnholm.

With the girls, I suppose.

Ellida.

No, the girls—they keep to the verandah.

Arnholm.

And Wangel?

Ellida.

Oh, Wangel goes to and fro. Sometimes he is here with me, and sometimes over there with the children.

Arnholm.

Is it you that have arranged things so?

Ellida.

I think it's the arrangement that suits us all best. We can speak across to each other now and again—whenever we happen to have anything to say.