STEINDOR. Only practice can prevent it.
INGOLF [ gets up, walks out to the brink, and looks down into the gorge ]. Did you look everywhere possible?
STEINDOR. I did.
INGOLF. So did I. But it is very dark in some places, and there are so many holes. Did you look in the holes?
STEINDOR. Well, I wasn't going to crawl into every pit—that would be an endless job. Besides, I think it serves these women right, once in a while, to have themselves to blame. It teaches them to take better care next time.
INGOLF. Don't speak to any one about it. She asked me not to tell anybody. I wouldn't have told you, if I'd had any luck in my search. But I thought perhaps you might be able to find them.
STEINDOR. You told the family that you had lost your diamond ring.
INGOLF. Yes, then we will say we have found it. [ Looks down into the gorge. ] How uncanny it looks down there! It is as if the fog were shunning the gully, so inky black!... See how sombre the ravine looks!
STEINDOR [ gets up, and walks out on the brink ].
INGOLF. It looks uncanny down there! [ Warning him. ] Don't go too near the edge.