KROGSTAD.
[in the doorway]. I found a note from you at home. What does this mean?
MRS LINDE.
It is absolutely necessary that I should have a talk with you.
KROGSTAD.
Really? And is it absolutely necessary that it should be here?
MRS LINDE.
It is impossible where I live; there is no private entrance to my rooms. Come in; we are quite alone. The maid is asleep, and the Helmers are at the dance upstairs.
KROGSTAD.
[coming into the room]. Are the Helmers really at a dance tonight?
MRS LINDE.
Yes, why not?
KROGSTAD.
Certainly—why not?
MRS LINDE.
Now, Nils, let us have a talk.
KROGSTAD.
Can we two have anything to talk about?
MRS LINDE.
We have a great deal to talk about.