Lyngstrand.
[Looks in bewilderment from one to the other.] I beg your pardon—I don't know this gentleman. It's only. I meant them for a birthday gift, Mrs. Wangel.
Ellida.
A birthday gift? Then you have made a mistake, Mr. Lyngstrand. To-day is not the birthday of any one in this house.
Lyngstrand.
[Smiling quietly.] Oh, I know all about it. But I didn't know it was such a secret.
Ellida.
What is it you know?
Lyngstrand.
That it's your birthday, Mrs. Wangel
Ellida.
Mine?
Arnholm.
[Looking at her inquiringly.] To-day? No, surely not.
Ellida.
[To Lyngstrand.] What has put that into your head?
Lyngstrand.
It was Miss Hilda that let it out. I happened to look in a little while ago, and I asked the young ladies why they had made such a grand display of flowers and flags
Ellida.
Well?
