I will do so, Mrs. Solness.
[He goes down the flight of steps and away through the garden.
MRS. SOLNESS.
Oh, Miss Wangel, you can't think how anxious I feel about him.
HILDA.
Is there anything in this to be terribly frightened about?
MRS. SOLNESS.
Oh yes; surely you can understand. Just think, if he were really to
do it! If he should take it into his head to climb up the scaffolding!
HILDA.
[Eagerly.] Do you think he will?
MRS. SOLNESS.
Oh, one can never tell what he might take into his head. I am afraid
there is nothing he mightn't think of doing.
HILDA.
Aha! Perhaps you too think he is--well---?
MRS. SOLNESS.
Oh, I don't know what to think about him now. The doctor has been
telling me all sorts of things; and putting it all together with
several things I have heard him say---
DR. HERDAL looks out, at the door.
DR. HERDAL.
Is he not coming soon?
MRS. SOLNESS.
Yes, I think so. I have sent for him at any rate.
DR. HERDAL.
[Advancing.] I am afraid you will have to go in, my dear lady---
MRS. SOLNESS.
Oh no! Oh no! I shall stay out here and wait for Halvard.
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