You said so yourself just now.
SOLNESS.
Oh, never mind what I say.--Would they give Ragnar the building of
that villa?
BROVIK.
Yes. You see, he knows the family. And then--just for the fun of
the thing--he has made drawings and estimates and so forth---
SOLNESS.
Are they pleased with the drawings? The people who will have to live
in the house?
BROVIK.
Yes. If you would only look through them and approve of them---
SOLNESS.
Then they would let Ragnar build their home for them?
BROVIK.
They were immensely pleased with his idea. They thought it exceedingly
original, they said.
SOLNESS.
Oho! Original! Not the old-fashioned stuff that _I_ am in the habit
of turning out!
BROVIK.
It seemed to them different.
SOLNESS.
[With suppressed irritation.] So it was to see Ragnar that they came
here--whilst I was out!
BROVIK.
They came to call upon you--and at the same time to ask whether you
would mind retiring---
SOLNESS.
[Angrily.] Retire? I?
BROVIK.
In case you thought that Ragnar's drawings---
SOLNESS.
I! Retire in favour of your son!
BROVIK.
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