it! And then the spring will soon be here, with the great blue sky. Perhaps then we shall have a little holiday. Perhaps I shall see the sea again. Oh, what a wonderful thing it is to live and to be happy! [The hall-door bell rings.
Mrs. Linden.
[Rising.] There's a ring. Perhaps I had better go.
Nora.
No; do stay. No one will come here. It's sure to be some one for Torvald.
Ellen.
[In the doorway.] If you please, ma'am, there's a gentleman to speak to Mr. Helmer.
Nora.
Who is the gentleman?
Krogstad.
[In the doorway.] It is I, Mrs. Helmer.
[Mrs. Linden starts and turns away to the window.
Nora.
[Goes a step towards him, anxiously, speaking low.]
You? What is it? What do you want with my husband?
Krogstad.
Bank business—in a way. I hold a small post in the Joint Stock Bank, and your husband is to be our new chief, I hear.
Nora.
Then it is?
