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Dr. Herdal.
[With some irritation.] Drawn you out? Again I have not the faintest notion what you mean, Mr. Solness.
Solness.
Oh come, out with it; I have seen it quite clearly, you know.
Dr. Herdal.
What have you seen?
Solness.
[In a low voice, slowly.] That you have been quietly keeping an eye upon me.
Dr. Herdal.
That I have! And why in all the world should I do that?
Solness.
Because you think that I[Passionately.] Well, devil take it—you think the same of me as Aline does.
Dr. Herdal.
And what does she think about you?
Solness.
[Having recovered his self-control.] She has begun to think that I am—that I am—ill.
Dr. Herdal.
Ill! You! She has never hinted such a thing to me. Why, what can she think is the matter with you?
