Valborg. Please come in. (SANNAES takes a few timid steps forward. VALBORG speaks in a more friendly tone.) Come in, then! (SANNAES comes further into the room.)
Valborg. You have written a letter to my father.
Sannaes (after a moment's pause). Yes.
Valborg. And made him a most generous offer.
Sannaes (as before). Oh, well—it was only natural that I should.
Valborg. Do you think so? It doesn't seem so to me. It is an offer that honours the man that made it. (A pause.)
Sannaes. I hope he means to accept it?
Valborg. I don't know.
Sannaes (sadly, after a moment's pause). Then he doesn't mean to? No—I suppose not.
Valborg. I honestly don't know. It depends on whether he dare.