Part 16

MRS. ELVSTED.

Yes, I am. And I don't know another living creature here that I can turn to.

HEDDA.

MRS. ELVSTED.

Oh, I am too restless to sit down.

HEDDA.

Oh no, you're not. Come here.

TESMAN.

Well? What is it, Mrs. Elvsted--?

HEDDA.

Has anything particular happened to you at home?

MRS. ELVSTED.

Yes--and no. Oh--I am so anxious you should not misunderstand me--

HEDDA.

Then your best plan is to tell us the whole story, Mrs. Elvsted.

TESMAN.

I suppose that's what you have come for--eh?

MRS. ELVSTED.

Yes, yes--of course it is. Well then, I must tell you--if you don't already know--that Eilert Lovborg is in town, too.

HEDDA.

Lovborg--!

TESMAN.

What! Has Eilert Lovborg come back? Fancy that, Hedda!

HEDDA.

Well well--I hear it.

MRS. ELVSTED.

He has been here a week already. Just fancy--a whole week! In this terrible town, alone! With so many temptations on all sides.

HEDDA.