Helmer.

May I ask how you are going to set about it?

Nora.

Certainly. I shall begin—yes, I shall begin with a course of the Norwegian theatres. If that doesn't take the frivolity out of me, I don't really know what will!

[She gets her bonnet and ties it tightly.

Helmer.

Then you are really going? And you'll never think about me and the eggs any more! Oh, Nora!

Nora.

Indeed, I shall—occasionally—as strangers. [She puts on a shawl sadly, and fetches her dressing-bag.] If I ever do come back, the greatest miracle of all will have to happen. Good-bye!

[She goes out through the hall; the front door is heard to bang loudly.