No More Learning

HERDAL _enter_.

MRS. SOLNESS: Halvard, I cannot keep the doctor any
longer.

SOLNESS: Well, then, come in here.

KAIA: Good-night, Mrs. Solness.

[KAIA _goes out_.

MRS. SOLNESS: She must be quite an acquisition to you,
Halvard, this Miss Fosli.

SOLNESS: Yes, indeed. She's useful in all sorts of
ways.

MRS. SOLNESS: So it seems.

[MRS. SOLNESS _goes out_.
SOLNESS: Tell me, doctor, did you notice anything odd
about Aline?

DR. HERDAL _(smiling_): Well, one couldn't help noticing
that your wife--h'm------

SOLNESS: Well?

DR. HERDAL: That your wife isn't particularly fond
of this Miss Fosli. There's nothing of any sort in the
case, is there?

SOLNESS: Not on _my_ side.

DR. HERDAL: On hers, then?

SOLNESS: Hardly a fair question! Still, you know
she's engaged to Ragnar; but since she came here she
seemed to drift quite away from _him_.
DR. HERDAL: She drifted over to you, then?

SOLNESS: Yes, entirely. She quivers when she comes
near me.

DR.