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Regina.
[To herself.] So mother was that kind of woman.
Mrs. Alving.
Your mother had many good qualities, Regina.
Regina.
Yes, but she was one of that sort, all the same. Oh, I've often suspected it; but
And now, if you please, ma'am, may I be allowed to go away at once?Mrs. Alving.
Do you really wish it, Regina?
Regina.
Yes, indeed I do.
Mrs. Alving.
Of course you can do as you like; but
Oswald.
[Goes towards Regina.] Go away now? Your place is here.
Regina.
Merci, Mr. Alving!—or now, I suppose, I may say Oswald. But I can tell you this wasn't at all what I expected.
Mrs. Alving.
Regina, I have not been frank with you
Regina.
No, that you haven't indeed. If I'd known that Oswald was an invalid, why
And now, too, that it can never come to anything serious between us I really can't stop out here in