Mother (in a low voice). He will do something big!
Father (in the same tones). Ay, a big man—and one of our family!
Axel (who has advanced towards the foreground with LAURA). So that was your answer, Laura?
Laura. You haven't remembered everything.
Mother. Is there something more? Let us hear some more!
Axel. What did you say, then?
Laura. You know I said that something had held me back a long, long time! I saw well enough that you were fond of me, but I was afraid it was only as you would be fond of a child.
Axel. Laura!
Laura. I am not so clever as—as some others, you know; but I am not a child any longer, because now I love you!
Axel. You are a child, all the same!