shall be devoted to releasing me from my pecuniary obligations to your future husband.
Mrs. Sörby. Something has happened here.
Hialmar. Yes, you are right.
Mrs. Sörby. Well, good-bye. I had something else to speak to you about, Gina; but it must keep till another time. Good-bye. [Hialmar and Gregers how silently. Gina follows Mrs. Sörby to the door.
Hialmar. Not beyond the threshold, Gina!
[Mrs. Sörby goes; Gina shuts the door after her.
Hialmar. There now, Gregers; I have got that burden of debt off my mind.
Gregers. You soon will, at all events.
Hialmar. I think my attitude may be called correct.
Gregers. You are the man I have always taken you for.
Hialmar. In certain cases, it is impossible to disregard the claim of the ideal. Yet, as the breadwinner
