But what do you think people will say of you, Thea?
MRS. ELVSTED.
They may say what they like, for aught I care. [Seats herself wearily and sadly on the sofa.] I have done nothing but what I had to do.
HEDDA.
[After a short silence.] And what are your plans now? What do you think of doing.
MRS. ELVSTED.
I don't know yet. I only know this, that I must live here, where Eilert Lovborg is—if I am to live at all.
HEDDA.
[Takes a chair from the table, seats herself beside her, and strokes her hands.] My dear Thea—how did this—this friendship—between you and Eilert Lovborg come about?
MRS. ELVSTED.