NORA.
[sadly]. Is that it?
RANK.
I was determined you should know it before I went away, and there will never be a better opportunity than this. Now you know it, Nora. And now you know, too, that you can trust me as you would trust no one else.
NORA.
[rises, deliberately and quietly]. Let me pass.
RANK.
[makes room for her to pass him, but sits still]. Nora!
NORA.
[at the hall door]. Helen, bring in the lamp. [Goes over to the stove.] Dear Doctor Rank, that was really horrid of you.
RANK.
To have loved you as much as anyone else does? Was that horrid?
NORA.
No, but to go and tell me so. There was really no need—
RANK.
What do you mean? Did you know—? [MAID enters with lamp, puts it down on the table, and goes out.] Nora—Mrs Helmer—tell me, had you any idea of this?
NORA.
Oh, how do I know whether I had or whether I hadn’t? I really can’t tell you—To think you could be so clumsy, Doctor Rank! We were getting on so nicely.
RANK.
Well, at all events you know now that you can command me, body and soul. So won’t you speak out?