BRACK.

[Bends over her and whispers.] No, Hedda Gabler—not so long as I say nothing.

HEDDA.

[Looks frightened at him.] And if you do not say nothing,—what then?

BRACK.

[Shrugs his shoulders.] There is always the possibility that the pistol was stolen.

HEDDA.

[Firmly.] Death rather than that.

BRACK.

[Smiling.] People say such things—but they don't do them.