NORA.
How can I tell? I have no idea what is going to become of me.
HELMER.
But you are my wife, whatever becomes of you.
NORA.
Listen, Torvald. I have heard that when a wife deserts her husband’s house, as I am doing now, he is legally freed from all obligations towards her. In any case, I set you free from all your obligations. You are not to feel yourself bound in the slightest way, any more than I shall. There must be perfect freedom on both sides. See, here is your ring back. Give me mine.
HELMER.
That too?
NORA.
That too.
HELMER.
Here it is.
NORA.
That’s right. Now it is all over. I have put the keys here. The maids know all about everything in the house—better than I do. Tomorrow, after I have left her, Christine will come here and pack up my own things that I brought with me from home. I will have them sent after me.
HELMER.
All over! All over!—Nora, shall you never think of me again?
NORA.
I know I shall often think of you, the children, and this house.
HELMER.
May I write to you, Nora?