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Maia.

[Looking angrily at him.] No, I daresay not.

Ulfheim.

[Catching at her arm.] For Lars—he knows, my—my methods of sport, you see.

Maia.

[Eludes him and measures him with a glance.] Do you know what you look like, Mr. Ulfheim?

Ulfheim.

I should think I'm probably most like myself.

Maia.

Yes, there you're exactly right. For you're the living image of a faun.

Ulfheim.

A faun?

Maia.

Yes, precisely; a faun.

Ulfheim.

A faun! Isn't that a sort of monster? Or a kind of a wood demon, as you might call it?

Maia.

Yes, just the sort of creature you are. A thing with a goat's beard and goat-legs. Yes, and the faun has horns too!

Ulfheim.

So, so!—has he horns too?