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Borgheim.
No. You must be utterly and entirely mine.
Asta.
[Looks at him, and says quietly.] Then I cannot. Borgheim. Good-bye then, Miss Asta. [He is on the point of going. Allmers comes up from the left at the back. Borgheim stops.
Allmers.
[The moment he has reached the top of the steps, points, and says in a low voice.] Is Rita in there—in the summer-house? Borgheim. No; there is no one here but Miss Asta. [Allmers comes forward.
Asta.
[Going towards him.] Shall I go down and look for her? Shall I get her to come up here?
Allmers.
[With a negative gesture.] No, no, no—let it alone. [To Borgheim.] Is it you that have hoisted the flag?
Borgheim.
Yes. Mrs. Allmers asked me to. That was what brought me up here.
