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Rörlund.
And did you not notice, too, how kindly she spoke to you?
Dina.
But that is what I can't bear.
Rörlund.
Yours is a rebellious nature, Dina.
Dina.
Yes.
Rörlund.
What makes it so?
Dina.
It has never been otherwise.
Rörlund.
But could you not try to change?
Dina.
No.
Rörlund.
Why not?
Dina.
[Looks up at him.] Because I belong to the "Lapsed and Lost."
Rörlund.
Fie, Dina!
Dina.
And so did my mother before me.
Rörlund.
Who has spoken to you of such things?
Dina.
No one; they never speak. Why don't they? They all handle me as gingerly as though I would
