ELEONORA. Why, it's the sixteenth.
LINDKVIST. Good. Before the twentieth you must, have your brother Elis make a call on the Governor, and you must get him to write a letter to Peter.
ELEONORA. Is that all?
LINDKVIST. Oh, you dear child! But if he neglects these things the giant will come again and say muh, muh!
ELEONORA. Why should the giant come and scare children?
LINDKVIST. So that the children will be good.
ELEONORA. That's true. The giant is right. [She kisses Lindkvist's coat sleeve.] Thanks, dear giant.
LINDKVIST. You should say Mr. Giant, I should think.
ELEONORA. Oh, no. That's not your real name—
LINDKVIST [Laughing]. Good-bye, children. Now you can throw the rod in the fire.