NORA.
And you are proud to think of what you have done for your brothers?
MRS LINDE.
I think I have the right to be.
NORA.
I think so, too. But now, listen to this; I too have something to be proud and glad of.
MRS LINDE.
I have no doubt you have. But what do you refer to?
NORA.
Speak low. Suppose Torvald were to hear! He mustn’t on any account—no one in the world must know, Christine, except you.
MRS LINDE.
But what is it?
NORA.
Come here. [Pulls her down on the sofa beside her.] Now I will show you that I too have something to be proud and glad of. It was I who saved Torvald’s life.
MRS LINDE.
“Saved”? How?
NORA.
I told you about our trip to Italy. Torvald would never have recovered if he had not gone there—
MRS LINDE.
Yes, but your father gave you the necessary funds.