[With quiet emotion.] We kept them only about three weeks. Or
scarcely so much. [Bursts forth.] Oh, Hilda, I can't tell you
what a good thing it is for me that you have come! For now at
last I have some one to talk to!
HILDA.
Can you not talk to--her, too?
SOLNESS.
Not about this. Not as I want to talk and must talk. [Gloomily.]
And not about so many other things, either.
HILDA.
[In a subdued voice.] Was that all you meant when you said you
need me?
SOLNESS.
That was mainly what I meant--at all events, yesterday. For to-day
I am not so sure--[Breaking off.] Come here and let us sit down,
Hilda. Sit there on the sofa--so that you can look into the garden.
[HILDA seats herself in the corner of the sofa. SOLNESS brings a
chair closer.] Should you like to hear about it?
HILDA.
Yes, I shall love to sit and listen to you.
SOLNESS.
[Sits down.] Then I will tell you all about it.
HILDA.
Now I can see both the garden and you, Mr. Solness. So now, tell
away! Begin!
SOLNESS.
[Points towards the bow-window.] Out there on the rising ground--
where you see the new house---
HILDA.
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