This page needs to be proofread.
Stensgård.
Well then: you were talking just now about being alone in the world
Madam Rundholmen.
Oh, it was that horrid old Heire
Stensgård.
You were saying how hard it is for an unprotected widow
Madam Rundholmen.
Yes, indeed; you should just try it, Mr. Stensgård!
Stensgård.
But now if there came a fine young man
Madam Rundholmen.
A fine young man?
Stensgård.
One who had long loved you in secret
Madam Rundholmen.
Oh, come now, Mr. Stensgård, I won't hear any more of your nonsense.
Stensgård.
You must! A young man who, like yourself, finds it hard to be alone in the world
Madam Rundholmen.
Well, what then? I don't understand you at all.
Stensgård.
If you could make two people happy, Madam Rundholmen—yourself and
