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Rosmer.
Oh, Rebecca, how could you?
Rebecca.
I could not help it. He said it so hatefully—that about my morning gown
Rosmer.
Then you were there when Kroll?
Rebecca.
Yes. I wanted to know what was lurking in his mind.
Rosmer.
I would have told you.
Rebecca.
You would scarcely have told me all. And certainly not in his own words.
Rosmer.
Did you hear everything, then?
Rebecca.
Nearly everything, I think. I had to go downstairs for a moment when Mortensgård came.
Rosmer.
And then you came back again?
Rebecca.
Don't be vexed with me, dear friend!
Rosmer.
Do whatever you think right. You are mistress
