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Eyolf.
What! Seen the Rat-Wife! Oh, you're only making a fool of me!
Asta.
No; it's quite true. I saw her yesterday.
Eyolf.
Where did you see her?
Asta.
I saw her on the road, outside the town.
Allmers.
I saw her, too, somewhere up in the country.
Rita.
[Who is sitting on the sofa.] Perhaps it will be our turn to see her next, Eyolf.
Eyolf.
Auntie, isn't it strange that she should be called the Rat-Wife?
Asta.
Oh, people just give her that name because she wanders round the country driving away all the rats.
Allmers.
I have heard that her real name is Varg.
Eyolf.
Varg! That means a wolf, doesn't it?
