Axel (looking at LAURA). I don't know.—If I go away for these few days, perhaps it will be better.
Mathilde (coming forward). Very well, then I shall go away too!
Laura. You?
Axel. You?
Mathilde. Yes, I don't want to have anything to do with what happens. (A pause.)
Axel. What do you think will happen?
Mathilde. That is best left unsaid—till anything does happen. (A pause.)
Axel. You are thinking too hardly of your friend now.
Laura (quietly). Mathilde is not my friend.
Axel. Mathilde not your—