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Lyngstrand.
Yes, I took the liberty of coming into the garden.
Hilda.
Have you been out for your morning walk?
Lyngstrand.
Well, no,—I haven't had much of a walk to-day.
Hilda.
Have you been bathing then?
Lyngstrand.
Yes, I had a little dip. I saw your mother down there. She was just going into her bathing-house.
Hilda.
Who was?
Lyngstrand.
Your mother.
Hilda.
Oh indeed.
[She places the stool in front of the rocking-chair.
Boletta.
[As if to change the subject.] Did you see anything of my father's boat out on the fiord?
Lyngstrand.
Yes, I saw a sailing-boat that seemed to be standing inwards.
Boletta.
That must have been father. He has been out visiting patients on the islands.
[She arranges things about the table.
