A VOICE. (heard through the aperture) We must all learn to function socially. . . .
The maid shuts the door again.
THE MAID. Do you believe it now?
THE STRANGER. (sadly) It is too true!
THE MAID. Didn't I tell you?
THE STRANGER. So Hedda has become—a reformer!
THE MAID. Yes.
THE STRANGER. And Lovberg—what does he do?
THE MAID. He is rewriting his book—you know, the one Hedda burned up— for use as a text-book in the public schools. And Hedda is helping him.
THE STRANGER. No more adventure—no more beauty—the flame . . . gone out! My God!