GULDSTAD [aside].
Observe!
[FALK and SVANHILD remain standing by the summer-house.
MRS. HALM [surprised].
Together!
GULDSTAD.
Do you doubt it now?
MRS. HALM.
This is most singular.
GULDSTAD.
O, I've noted how
His work of late absorb'd his interest.
MRS. HALM [to herself].
Who would have fancied Svanhild so sly?
[Vivaciously to GULDSTAD.
But no—I can't think.
GULDSTAD.
Put it to the test.
MRS. HALM.
Now, on the spot?
GULDSTAD.
Yes, and decisively!