Oh, if I only had a home! But I haven't any; I have never had a home.
HEDDA.
[Looks at her for a moment.] I almost suspected as much.
MRS. ELVSTED.
[Gazing helplessly before her.] Yes—yes—yes.
HEDDA.
I don't quite remember—was it not as housekeeper that you first went to Mr. Elvsted's?
MRS. ELVSTED.
I really went as governess. But his wife—his late wife—was an invalid,—and rarely left her room. So I had to look after the housekeeping as well.
HEDDA.