Bishop. You mean that you think I have had a talk with grandmother?
Hagbart. Yes.
Bishop. Well, I have. She told me nothing definite, but I see how things stand. I saw that sooner than you did yourself, you know.
Hagbart. That is true. The fight is over now, as far as I am concerned.
Bishop. Scarcely that, Hagbart.
Hagbart. Oh, you won't admit it, I know. But I call it the most decisive victory of my life. I love Mrs. Falk—and she loves me.
Bishop. If you were not in such an excited condition—
Hagbart. It is not excitement, it is happiness. But here, with you—oh, I have not come to ask for your blessing; we must do without that! But I have come to tell you the fact, because it was my duty to do so.—Does it grieve you so much?
Bishop. Yes.
Hagbart. Uncle, I feel hurt at that.