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Hilda. I suppose you kept within the enclosure?
Arnholm. Yes, I'm no great swimmer.
Hilda. Can you swim on your back?
Arnholm. No.
Hilda.
I can. [To Lyngstrand.] Let us try over there on the other side.
[They skirt the pond, out to the right.
Arnholm.
[Advances to Boletta.] You are all alone, Boletta?
BOLETTA.
Oh yes, I generally am.
Arnholm. Is not your mother in the garden?
Boletta. No; I think she is out walking with father.
Arnholm. How is she this afternoon?
Boletta. I don't quite know. I forgot to ask.
Arnholm. What are the books you have there?
