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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. [P.unltd til 1M COUI(tOn SllUIio , 70, Mortian Slrtl', IP'.) Henrik Iblen (I) Nora and Helmer (Min Aouuaca a.ml i\1r W,UUIfG) . To f/l(:~ page • NORA: .. No", I'U lell)'On how we OIlght lO mf.Illloge. Torvald. M Il00 11 u ChriBlmu iAover--" (2 ) Nora and Rank (Mr. ('1I~r.oiGTOS) No .... I "Do yOIl think thoy won" lit mer" lliu: .• I CIUl' pouibly h ..... any ...lid opinion (In lhat point." (8) Nora llDd Kroglta.d (Mr. ROYCE ('AIlLJ:TON I 7. Kaoonw: .. VOII ha...en't the I'OIIRge ",jthe r, have 1011'" Nol\lo: " I huen't, I han'"'!.. .. I') Nora and Mn. Linden (Mi slI OUTRUDE W4RDEN) A4 Nou: " Al\cr lion. thue'. IOmelhing SloriolU in ...iting fO f the mirac le I .•



A DOLL'S HOUSE. ACT J. fA roon~ rmn!or t a/;{y find tnair/ltl/y, but not ~xpeIl8i1"l:ly , jur1l;,hed. I II the back­ ground, to the right. a door leall. to the IUlll: to the i"jl anQthe r door [ClUJ. II) I1&Lnn ' S .huly . BetlCt'ffl the 11/'0 door. a pianoforte . 111 the middle of tile lQ't lCflll a door , Qmt "eareT the frQnt t, fdndOll' , Ncar the ICindow (' rullfld table ICith armchairs (/ml a .mall .nfit. I n th6 right trail, lIotnnol,at to tile IxlCk , a (lOOT, ami flJain.t the .am(' 1l'alf , flirt/itT foro:art/, 11 Jl(JrrelaiflItOl'i~; in/rollt nJ it a COl/pIe (If orlllc/Illirs alld a Tockillg­ d,aiT. B ctwem tile ,tOt'C alld the .ide dUf"tT a .mail laUr. EIlgrol'ing. ()II "1(' lHlll.. A //·/UI(not J('ith cilino aml bri(o II·urae. II .mail b{l(Jk 'ca'e oj ./uJldly, hoI/ne t /.x)Qkt . Carpet. A fire in tiM aim'c, A ldllier day. 2

A DOLIl8 HOUSE. [ACT I. [A btU ring. in au haU out,ide . Pregently the ou. t er door i8 luard to opt" . 7'hen NORA etI1u •• humming contentedly. Sill; i. in outdoor dreIS, and came. ,eural }J(lYreu, uhidt ,he lay. on the right-hand tabu. SI.e leare. the door into the hall o~n behind her, and a PORTER i. 'UIl outride, carryin!} a Chi.tllla. -tree and (~ balket, tvhirh I.e give. to tJu maid· .ernmt 11;110 l&a1 ()pened the door .] NORA. Hide the Chr istma.s.tree co.refully, Ellen; the childron mustn'~ see it beCoro this eve ning, when it's lighted up. ('Fo the PORTER, takiny out het PUrlc .) How much? PORTER. Fiety Ore _· NoILI.. . Th ere ia 8 crown . No, keep the cbange . [7'ht PORTER thankl her anci got.. NOR.~ ,11Il.tll the door. She continue. Ilmiliny ilL quiet glee tU Illte t4ktl off her u'alking thingll. Then .he take. from her pocket a bay oj 1IIacaroonll, amt cat. Olle or tu:o . A•• he doc. 80, Ilht yoe. Olt tip-toe to her llIl.QarICl'. (lOOT alulli.lelll.] NORA. Yes; he is Ilt hom e. (fjhe wgill' humming agaill, going to the tabu Olt ti,e right.) About l!iJ[pence. There an 100 un! in a krone or crown, which is worth thirteenpenee halfpenny. ~~-- ---~- ­ - - -.. - -.. ­

-- ACT L) d DOLL'S HOUSE. • RELYEa (in hi. room). Ie tha.t my lark twittering tbere? NORA (bll'Y optning .o"'~ oj li~r par ctn). Yes, it is. llr.LvER. Is it. the squirre l skipping about? NORA. Yes! Hl'lLllER. When did the squirrel gei home? NOUA. Just tbis minute . (J-fides the bay oj Inaca? TOO1l. ill her pocket and ,wipe. htJ' mouth.) Come here, Torvald, and see what I've bought. lIEL.l.lER. Don 't disturb me. (A liulliat tr hI! IY]JI!I1' the door a'id looks ill, pen in. hand.) "Bought," did you say? What.! a.ll that? lIas my little spend­ t.hrift been making the money fiy again? NOIu. Why, Torvnld, surely we cnn afford to laun ch out a little no ..... ! It's the first Christma.s we ba\ 'eo't liM t.o pincb . HKLXXR. Come. come; we cnn'i afford t.o squan­ der money. NORA. Oh, yes, Torvnld, do let us squo.nder a little - just the least little bit, won't you 'I You know y ou'll 8000 be earning heaps of money. HELlIER. Yes, Crom New Yeur's Day. But there's a whole quarter before my first sa.lary is due. NORA. Never mind; we CAn borrow in the mt>RTl­ tim o. HELMF.n. KorA.! (}[e gOf!' lip to her /llld tllk t. her playfull!J by tht eaT.) Thoughtless as ever! SUPPO E­ inc . I borrowed 0. thousand crOWDS to.dny, and you

















































A DOLIlS HOUSB. [ACT L MRs. LINDBN . Only overworked . nANE. Ah I Then you have como to town to find r est in II. round of dissipation? MRs. LINDeN. I havo come to look for emp loy · ment . nANK. Ia that o.n o.ppro,·ed remedy f or ol"er,work ? MRS. LnH)ES". Qoo must live. Doctor Rank. RANK. Yes. that sceml to be tho general opinion. NoRA.. Come. Dr. Rank, yon yourself want t.o Iivc. RASE. To be sure I do. llowever wretched I may be I want to drn.g on o.s long as possible. And my jlatients hav e 1\11 the Bame mania. It's just the Barno with people wuose complaint is moral. At thi s very mom ent Relmor is talking to 8Qeh a wreck as I mello. MRs. LrsOEN (fo jtly ). Ah I NORA . WhoId do 'you mean '} I fuHK. Oil, 0. feUow nam ed Krogsta.d, " mn.n you know nothing abouL-corrupt to tho very coro or his chara.eter. But ovon ho begn.n by annouDoing solemnly that ho must live. NoJU. Indeed ? Then whnt did he want with TorYl\ld? RlNE. I really don't, know; I only gathered 'ha~ H was some Bank busincss. N'OIU. I didn't know that Krog-that this Mr. Kro~tad had anytb ing to do with tbe Bank? _.­

ACT I.] A DOLL'S HOUSE. " lli.N1t. He has SODlO sort of place thcre. (Tv Un s. LnmEs.) I don't know wlletber, in yonr part of the country, you bave people who go rooting Imd sDuffing Around in S81lreh of moral rott.eunel!ll!l­ whoso polioy it is t.o .611 good plaees with men of tainted character whom they e&D keep nndllt their eye and in their power? The bonest meD t.bey leavo out iu the cold . Mns, LJSOK!'(. We ll, I suppose tbe-delioate oha­ racters reqnire most care. RANK (,hrug, hi, ,I/O/lultrB), Thera ',a hM 'O it! !fs tbat notiou tbat makes socieiy a hosp ital. [NORA, d(l'p ill Ilt1' OU'I! fllm/flltl" oreab tit/V lU1{(·.tijk·/ll

--- --- 28 JI DOLL'B HOUSE. {ACT I. RANK. Oil ,

Act' 1.] A DOLL'S HOUSE. {llELllER comu out oj hi. room, hat in haIJd, with I,;, OI·trcoot 0" his arm.] (Going tOlcar!U hilll .) Well, Torvald dea.r, havo you got rid of him? HEt.nER. Yes; he's just gone. NOB\. . May I introduce you ?-Tbi3 i8 Cbri sti nn., who bas como to town-­ IIELM&R. Christinn.? Pa.rdon me, but I don't know--? NORA. Mrs. Linden, Torvald dear-Christina Lin· den. BELlum (to MRS. LumEN ). A school·friend of my wife's, no doubt? Mns LINDEN. Yos; we knew earh other 118 girl8 . NORA. Ami only tl1illk! Sbe has taken this long journey on purp080 to speak to you . _ HKLMl:R. To spenk to rna 1 MRS. LINDEN. Well, not quite-- NonA . You see Christina is tremendously cloy.:r nt accounts, and sho's so anxious to work under a firat·rate man of businels in order to learn atill more-­ HELKCR (to MRS. LINDEN). Very sensible indeed. Noru.. And when she beard you were appointed Mana.ger-it was te legrnpbed, yon know-sho starte

80 A DOLL'S BOUSE, [ACT I. oj]' at once, and-Torvald dear, for my eake, you must do something (or Christina. Now can't you? llELllER. U's not impossible. I presume you aro a. widow? Mrs. LI~;oEN. 1es. H.~)(En. And have already bad somo OXI criance in ollice- work? Mus. LISDEN. A good deal. HELliER. Well, theD, it's vcry likely I may find a place (or you. NORA (clapping her IWnlls) . There now I there DOW I llELlIER. You have como at a lucky moment. Mrs. Limlen. MRS . LnmEs. Oh I how can I t1Hwk )'O U-- ? U£LlIER (.miliftg). Thero is DO occasion (PIAl. Iii, QI'crc u at on.) But for the prosent you must excuse me. nANK. Wait; I'll go with you (jfkhe. hi. fur coot (rol/l tlte hall (l1U! wanll.lt (lot lite fir r). NORA. Don't be long, dear Torvn.ld. Hr.UIER. Only an hour; Dot more. Non!. Are yon going too, Chtistiua'l MR.8 .. LINDE"N ( 1Juttin9 on lur 1t"alkillg thing.). Yes j l must set about looking (or lodgings. HELliER. Tbcn perbaps we can go togethcr ? Non. (hriping her). Wbat a pity we haven·t a spa re room for yO Il ; but it's impossible-- Mns. LINDEN. I sbouldn't think of koabliog you . •

ACT I.] A DOLL'S HQUSE. Good-bye, dea.r Nora., o.nd tba.nk you for all your kindness. NORA . Good-bye for a. little while. Of course you'll como back tbis evening. And you too, Doctor Hank. What I if you're well enongb? Of course you'll be well enough. Only wrap up wa.rmly. (7'lIey go ou' lalkillY j,do tile hall. Oul,ide on. the Ita,,., arfl luard childr.-,,' , i'uin!,.) There they nre! ~hcre 'bey are I (8M rUIIII to the door alld opel!' it.) Come in I come in! (Bem is dOlt,1t (liid kUlle, th e chiklrw.) 011 1 my sweet darlings I Do you see them, Christina.' Aren't they 10\ 'el," lUNg. Don't leri stand here cbnUtriug in tho draught. HBUII.B- Come, Mrs. LindeD; only mothers can ltand such a temperature . {DR . fuSK, IIP:uum, and Mus. LINDEN yo fl o wn the ,Iai,.,: ASSA elite,.. tile roUII~ ll'ilh tlw cltildrtlt.. NORA auo, ./utitill{J the door.] NORA. How fresL nnd bright you loo'1l:! And wbt� red cheeks you ha.ve !-Iike apples ftnd roscs. (The children. tall.: lttu: to It..r dllri~l!1 till' /ullfm'illg) Have you bad great tun? Tha.fs splendid. Oh, really I you've been giving Emrny and Dob n. rido on your sledge !-Both at once, only think I Why you'r'C

A DOLL'B BOUBE. [ACT 1. quite a man, lvar. Ob, give her to me 0. little, Anna, My sweet little dolly I {l'akt. the .malled from the lIur.e find dance. with htr .} Yes, yes; motber will dance with Bob too. Wbat! did you have a game or snow·ba.lls? Oll! I wisb I'd been there. No; leave them, Anna; I'll take tbeir Lhings oft'. Ob, yes, let me do it; it's sDch fun. Go to the nursery; you look frozen. You'll find some hot coffee on tbe stove. 'ThlJ nur,e flOC' illto Ille roollt Olt the left. NonA tab. off the ehildrUl" Ihillfl' and throw. them dOIl'I' anywhert, vhik the childwi talk to tach othtr allli to her.] llcn.lly I A big dog ran a1~r you aU the wa y home? But he didn·t bite YOD? No; dogs don' t bite dear little dolly children. Don't peep into those pa.rcels, IVll.r. What is it? Wouldn't yon like to know? Oh, ta.ke care-it'll bite I Whnt! shall we hll.\'c a gnme '} What shall we play at '} Hide·and-seek'} Yes, lars play hide-and-seek . Bob shall bide first . Am I to '} Yes, lei me hide first, ,SIlt alld the childrm play, witlt ltwghtcr alia .houtillg , in the rool1' and tke adjacent ont 10 tlte right. At lll,t NORA hidu uI'tUr the itlbJe; th e children come nI.hing in, look fu/' her, bllt ealillot find her, hear

ACT 1.] ..t DOLL'S HOUSE. sa Iler IUllj·c1wked Lauyhttr, rush to th e taWe, lift 1Ip tlte COL'et I anct .u Iter, LOIUl.lwut. , Sht creep. out, (U tlloll9" to Jriglttm flitI/!. Frelh .haul. . M CllflWlliu ther t: lun brc" a. knock at the hall door. 1 '0 om: lUll lwml it. No w the d(}o)r i, IUllj o}Xtlc (l alldlinoosTAD i • • an . lIe I£ait. a little; the yalne i. Ttlll'u:ed .J· KROGSTAD . I beg your ll:m1 oll, M r s. Uel mer-­ NORA (with a 811}J}JrC88I'(l cry. turul round alld hu~r jump' up). Ah I Whll.t do yo u want? KnoosTAD. Excu se mc, the ou ier door was ajar ­ somebody must have fo rgott en t o shut it- NonA (Iltalld ill!1 111') ' My hushnud is no~ at hom e, M r. Krogstad. KnooSTAD . I kn ow it. NORA. Then-what do you want he re? KROGSTAD. To say a fe w words to you. NollA. T o m e? ('1'0 the children, .uftl,IJ .) 00 in to Annn. . Wh a t? No , tbe strange man wou't hurt mamma.. When b e's gone wo'll go on playin g. (She ualh the childrell illto the lift .halld r oom. alllt . 11Ut. the door bchiml tltem. U"t:asy, 1'~ ,u'l~n.t:.) Ira with me you wish to 81}(>ak ? KROOSTAD . Yes . NOJl.A. To-day? But it's not the Cust yet-­ KRoGSTAD . No; to-day is Ch ristmas Eve. It w ill j - _ .

.. A DOLL'S HOUSB . [A.CT r. depe nd upon yonrsoH wheth er you have n. merry Christmas. NoR.\. What do you want., I certainly can't to·day-­ KROGSTAD. Never mind that jost now. U's "bout aoother matter. You have a. minute lo spar e? NORA . ~b, yos, I supposo 80; although-­ KROGSTAD . Good. I was sitting in tbe resta.urant opposite, and I SBW your husbnod go down tbo street. NORA . Well! KaOGsTAD. With! lady. Noru.. Wl.Jat theu '! li.RooSTAD. May I Bsk if tbe lady was a Mrs. Lind en 'I NORA. Ycs. KRoasTAD. Who un! just como to town ? NORA. Yes. To·day. KROOSTAD . I beliol"Q she's an intimate friend of Jours? NORA . Certainly. Dut 1 don't un de rs tand -­ KROGSTAD. I usod to know ber too . NORA. I know you did. KaooSTAD. Ah! YOII know all about it. I thought all much. Now, fran kly, i8 Mr9. Linden to ha.ve a place in the bank? NORA. How dlLro yOll catechize me in this way, Mr. Krogstad-you, a subordinate of my busband ' s? Bnt linee you al'k yoo shall know. Yes, Mrs . • -- --- ~

ACT I.] .d: DOLL'S HOUSE. Linden is to be employed. And it is 1 who rec om· mended ber, Mr, Krogstad . Now you know . NROOSTAD. Then my gue8B was aght . Non. (!calking lip and doaon) . You see one hns a little wee bit of influence. It doesn't follow because onc's ouly II. ,,"oml� thl�- When ODe is in 1 subordinate position, Mr. Krogstad, one ought rea lly to take care not to otTe nd anybody who-h'm-- KRoosTaD. Wbo bas influence? NORA. Exa ctly! KnOO8T'w (taking nnother fnnc). Mrs. IIelmer will you have the kindness to emp loy yo ur influence ou my behalf? NOR.I.. Wbat? How do you mean? KaOOST,W. Will you be so good 88 to see that I retain my subordinate position in the bank? NORA . What do you mean" Who wanis to tak e it Crom you? KROOIT,W. Ob you needn 't pretend ignorance. I can very well under s tn.nd tha.t it cannot be ple& sn.nt (or y ou r fri e nd to meet me; and I can also under · stand now for whose sake I am to be hounded out. NORA . But I Rssure YOtl-- KnOOST.l.D. Come now, once fo r all, there is time yet. and I advise ~'OU to use yOUl' influence to pr event it. NORA. But, Mr. Kr ogstad , I have abs olutely no ionuenot' .

80 A DOLL'8 HOUSE. KR0

Acr I.) A DOLL'S HOUSE. try to win back as mlloh rospectabili ty ae I Cllll. This place in the bank was the ftnt step, and now your husband w&nts to kiok me off the ladder, back into the mire. NORA. But I assure YOD, Mr. Krogstad, I haven't the power to help you. KnooST.W. Yon have not tbe will; but I crm compel you. NORA. Yon won't tell my husband that lowe you money! KnooSTAD. H'm; suppose I were to '} NORA. It would be sbfLDleful of you! (Witlt Il'IIr' in her 1·ojCt.) This secret which is my joy nnd my prid&--tha.t be should Ictun it in such An ugly, CORrie wa.Y-ILDd from you I It would involve me in RlI sorb o( unpleasantness. KROGSTAD . Only unpleasantness? NORA (hotly). But just do it. U will be worst (or you, (or thon my husba.nd will sec wha.t ~ (,all man yOtt are, nnd then you oertainly will not keep your place. KRoOSTAD. I asked if it was only domestic un· pleasantness you (eared ') NORA. H my husband gets 10 know &bont it, ho will or coarse pay you off at once, and then we'll have nothing more to do \ ith you. h.nOOSTAD (.Ieppi,,{! a pau fJeanr). Listen, Mrs. Helmer . Either you have 8. wenk memory. or yolt

A DOLL 'S HOUSE. (A(;T L don't know much about business. I must make your , position clearer to you. NolU.. now 80! KnOOSTAD. When your husband was ill, you came to me to borrow twelve hundred

- ACT 1.] .d DOLL'S HOUSE , .u KROOSTAD. And of course you din 80 at once '} Por within fiv e or sil: da.ys you brough t me back tbe paper, signed by your Cather, aDd I gave you the money. Non,,-. Well I Haven't I made my palments llunctoa l1y'} KRooSTAD. Fairly-yes. DDt to return to the point. You were in great troDbl e at tho tim o, Mrs . Jlelmer . NORA. I wa s inde ed I KRoOSTAD. You r l a ther wa s \'ery ill, I belio \'e '} NORA. He was on his d ea th·bed. KnooSTAD. And died soon after? NoRA.. Yes. KROGSTAD. Tell me, Mrs. Helm er: do you happen t o reco Iled tho day of his d ea th? The day of the month, 1 mean? NORA . Fatb er died on the 29th of September, nR.OOSTAO, Quite correct, I have made inquiries, I\od here comes in tbe remarkable point-(pr od ucell a paper) which I elU moi npilLill . NORA, What remarkable point? I don't kDOW -­ KnooSTAD, The r umlU"ka ble po iut, madam, tbat your falher signed this paper tbr ee days after his dea th I NORA. What! I d on 't unders t8.D d-­ KROGSTAD. Your fatLL er died OD the 29th of Septem' ber . Dut l ook her o, be bas dated his signature

,A DOLL'S HOUSB. ACT T. Oeklber 2nd I Is not that remarkab le, Mrs, Helmer ., [NonA ;, lilcllt. ] Can you explain it ., [NonA cOllti'lIIt, "'lent.] 1t ill noteworthy, too, tllat tho wordll .. Oct. 2nd." and tho year arc not in your father' s handwriting, but in one wbich I believe I know . Well, tbis mny be oxplained; your (atber may have forgotten to date bis signature, and someb o dy ma.y ha.ve added the date at ra.ndom before tbo (act o( his death Wa.Il known. There ill nothing wrong in that. Every. thin g depends on tho signature, or course it is genui ne, Mrs. Helm er" It WM really your father wbo with hill own hand wrote his name he re" NOR (after a ,lwrt 'ilence Illrou" h~r head b{l(:k alld look. dtjialltly at hilll). No; I wrot e fatber's name tbere. KnoosTAD. Ah! Aro you nware , madam, that that is a. dangerous admilllliou ., NORA. Why., You'lllloon get your money. KROGSTAD . May I ask you one more question" Wby did you not send the paper to your father " NORA. It was impo8llible, Fatber was ill. If I 1u\(1 a!';ked him (o r bis signo.ture I ebou1d hue had to te ll him why I wantoo tbo money; but he was 110 ill I really could not toll him that my husband's liCe was iu danger, It was impossible. • ~ I

Act 1.1 A DOLL'S HOUSE. .1 KOOOBTAn. Then it would have b een baUe r to have given up your tour. NORA . No, I couldn'~ do that, my husba.nd ·s lire depended on tbat journey. I couldn't give it up. KRoasTAD. And did you not conside r tbat you were playing me false" NORA. Tbat was nothing to me. I didn't care in the lel\8t about you. 1 couldn't endure you Cor all t · be cruel difficultics you made, although you knew bow ill my husband was. KnooSTAD. Mrs. Delmer, you have evidontly no clea r i dea. wbat yon bn.ve really done. But I can assure you it was nothiug more and nothing worse that made me an outcast from society. NoR.! . You! You want me to believe tbat you did a brave thing to save your wife's life ., KRoGSTAD. Tbe law takcs no account of motives. NORA . 'I'hen it must be a vcry bad law. KnOOST .\O. Bad or not, if [ lay this document beforo a court of law you will JJe condemned according to In\\'. NOR.\. I don't believe that . Do you mean to tell me that a daughter lltts no right to spare h{'r dying: Cnther anxiety ?-that fL. wife bas no right to save her husband's life" I don't know much about the law, but I'm sme that, somewhere or another, you will find that that is allowed. And you don't know tlHLt­ you, a In:wycr! You mllst he a bad ODO, Mr. Krogstud.

.d DOLL'S HOUSe . {A I."T I . KnOGSTAD. Possibly. But business -B uch busin css o.s ours-! do uudorstand, You believe that 'I Very we ll; now do 8.S you please . But this I ma y te ll you, tho.t if I'm Hun g into the gutter 0. second Lime, you shall keep me co mpan y. (E VIct alll i 90(' ou t through hall. Noll.\. (.t(ln(i, alChik thinkill!l, then th rolC. her htM back). Never! 11e wante to frighten me. I'm not 80 foolish ns thnt. (Begill'juulill!l t he ehiUlr en', clothu. [lall.(.,) But--? No, it's impossible, I did it fo r love! C Uff,ORES (at Olt door, ltft ), Mamma, tbe strango mall is gone now. Non .\. Yes, yes, I know , But don't tell auy ono about Ule sHange man, Do yo u bear" N ot e\'en papa! CU ILDlU iS'. No, mammn; ;-ud now will you play with n .. again ., NORA. No, no, no t now, CmLORES'. Oh do, mamma; you know you pro­ mi sed. NORA . Yes, but 1 c an 't just now. Rnn to th o nursery; l''I'e so m uch to do, ]lun along, run along , a nd be good , my darlings I (Site ,rn./It' them geril ly inM lite i",u 'r room, (llIIi rlfl,l" thl' d oor bthind them . t 'J'hrOlt·' ha8elj 0" ,ola, tmb rohlcr, a j t U' ,rilclu., but 'Mil paluc •.) No! (Thr oll" dOlm wo rk, rUff, [JM' W 11i(' Iwll-tl oor a)ld coli, out.) Ellen, bring in tbe

ACT LJ A DOLL'S BOUSE, Christma.s·tree! (Goe, to tltule, [(,ft, and ope'" the drall ; er; agaill paU4t • . ) No, it's quita impossible I Et.LEN (wit" au Chru tmcu·t r u) . Where s hlLll 1 stand H, ma'am? NORA. Th ere, in the middle of the room . ELLEN. Shall I bring in anything els e? NOR... No, thank you, I hava aU I wo.nt. [ELL£S hlt. 1)11/ dO K'n the tree. Goa 0111.] NORA (vl/.Y drc"in ,ll tile tree) . Th ere must bo 0. candle here, and flow ers tba ra.- The horrid man! Nonsense, nonsense! tbere's notbing in it. '1'ho Christ mas· tree ahall be beautiful. I will do every· thing to please rou , Torvald; I'll sing and dance, 'Dd-­ [Ellter IhLKEll u!l th(' "all· (loor, l/'ith bll nrll e of r/OCUlll t llt., ] NOnA . Ob I you're ba ck alrea dy ? TTeLlrER. Yes. TIlLs an ybody been here? NORA. n ero? No. H I':L!dER. Curious I 1 saw Krogstad como out of tbo houso. NORA.. Did you? Oh, yes, by the bye, he was here fo r n. minut£>. HELliER. Nora, I can seo it by your manner! And ho asked you to put in a good wo rd for him ? NORA. Ye s.

" A DOLL'S HOUSE. [AC'P I HKLlrZR. And you were til do ii of your own nccord? You were to .&y notbing to me of his ha.ving boon here! Didn't he suggest tba.t. too? NORA. Yes, Ton'ald ; but -- HELliER. Norn, Nora! !Lnd you could condescend to thnt! To speak to sucb a man, to ma.ke bim II. promis e! And then to tell me an untruth about it ! NOIlA. An untruth! n~ :LlIE n. Didn't you sny nobody bnd been bere? (ThrMIc". u'itli h i.fi lltler.) My little bird must never do that ngn.;n! A BODg-bird must Deyor lIing (0.110 note s. (Pu.t. hi, ann TOlllld lur.) Th&\,s 80, illn', it? Yes, I WIUI lure or it. (lA't' her !lo. ) And now we'll say no more about it. (Siu ilQu',. b,/ ort tlu firt.) Ob, how cosy BDd quiet it ill here. (Gkmctl iI/to hi, (/o~u- 111"'11 •• ) NORA (bIlly with the tTf'f, !!fltr a '''ort sUell/·c). Ton 'ald. HEL:IlI!:R. Yes. NOlU. rill looking forward so much to tho Bten. borss' fancy bali tho day after to·monow. lhLlum. And I'm on tetltCtUOOKs to 800 what surpriso you havo in IItoro for rue . NOR". Oh, it'll too tiresomo. llELlfEI1. What is '} Non.... I can't think of anything good. Everything seemA so fooliah and mcanillgleaB. 1TEL1IER. Hl\s littlo Nom. mlldo that -discovery?

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