Page:The collected works of Henrik Ibsen (Volume 11).djvu/376

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page needs to be proofread.

Professor Rubek.

[Looking up at him.] Tell me, Inspector—are any of your patients in the habit of taking baths during the night?

The Inspector.

[Astonished.] During the night? No, I have never heard of such a thing.

Professor Rubek.

Have you not?

The Inspector.

No, I don't know of any one so ill as to require such treatment.

Professor Rubek.

Well, at any rate there is some one who is in the habit of walking about the park by night?

The Inspector.

[Smiling and shaking his head.] No, Professor—that would be against the rules.

Maia.

[Impatiently.] Good Heavens, Rubek, I told you so this morning—you must have dreamt it.

Professor Rubek.

[Drily.] Indeed? Must I? Thank you! [Turning to the Inspector.] The fact is, I got up last night—I couldn't sleep—and I wanted to see what sort of night it was——