And then you
must give in--whether you will or no.
HILDA.
I almost think you are right, Mr. Solness.
SOLNESS.
[Walks about the room.] Oh, there are devils innumerable abroad in
the world, Hilda, that one never sees.
HILDA.
Devils, too?
SOLNESS.
[Stops.] Good devils and bad devils; light-haired devils and black-
haired devils. If only you could always tell whether it is the light
or dark ones that have got hold of you! [Paces about.] Ho-ho! Then
it would be simple enough!
HILDA.
[Follows him with her eyes.] Or if one had a really vigorous,
radiantly healthy conscience--so that one dared to do what one
would.
SOLNESS.
[Stops beside the console table.] I believe, now, that most people
are just as puny creatures as I am in that respect.
HILDA.
I shouldn't wonder.
SOLNESS.
[Leaning against the table.] In the sagas---. Have you read any
of the old sagas?
HILDA.
Oh yes! When I used to read books, I---
SOLNESS.
In the sagas you read about vikings, who sailed to foreign lands, and
plundered and burned and killed men---
HILDA.
And carried off women---
SOLNESS.
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