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 Hilda. Good-bye for the present then.

Ellida.

Mr. Lyngstrand—will you please wait a moment? [Lyngstrand stops. Arnholm, Boletta, and Hilda go out to the right.

Ellida. [To Lyngstrand.] Are you going to dance too?

Lyngstrand. No, Mrs. Wangel, I'm afraid I must not.

Ellida.

No, you ought to be careful. That weakness in your chest—you have not quite got over it yet.

Lyngstrand. No, not thoroughly.

Ellida.

[Somewhat hesitatingly.] How long is it now since you made that voyage?

Lyngstrand. When I got the lesion?

Ellida.

Yes, that voyage you were telling us about this morning.

Lyngstrand.

Oh well, it must be about—wait a bit—yes, it was just three years ago.