INGOLF. Yes, do that, Steindor.
STEINDOR. Alright. [Goes there.]
HADDA PADDA. Why don't you place your feet in the hole, so that you will sit more securely?
INGOLF. Are you afraid I'm sitting too near the edge?
HADDA PADDA [takes the end of the rope]. There is no knot on the end. Fancy, if the rope slipped out of your hands. [Ties a knot in it.]
INGOLF. Why are you so frightened?
HADDA PADDA. I don't know....It wasn't fair to prevent Steindor from holding the rope with you.
INGOLF. If you are so afraid, of course we will both hold the rope.
HADDA PADDA. I don't know....Oh—no, hold it alone. I also want to see some one, to see him stand there, and hear him call to me.
INGOLF. I prefer that.