Hagbart. I am very glad you take it so well, Mrs. Falk.
Leonarda. Yes, it's funny, isn't it?—Well, what did Aagot say? She generally has plenty to say.
Hagbart. Indeed she has. We came here to-day by the same boat—
Leonarda. By the same boat? Aagot and you? Have you been persecuting her?
Hagbart. Mrs. Falk, you cannot possibly understand if you will not allow me to—
Leonarda. I wish to hear the rest of it from my niece, as I suppose she will be here directly.
Hagbart. Of course, but still—
Leonarda. There will be no more of that sort of thing here! If you intend to persecute my niece with your attentions in the same way as you have persecuted me with your malice, you are at liberty to try. But you shall not come here! I can forbid it here.
Hagbart. But, my dear Mrs. Falk—
Leonarda. I am really beginning to lose my patience, or rather I have lost it already. What have you come here for?