Mrs. Linden.
What do you think brought me to town?
Krogstad.
Had you any thought of me?
Mrs. Linden.
I must have work or I can’t bear to live. All my life, as long as I can remember, I have worked; work has been my one great joy. Now I stand quite alone in the world, aimless and forlorn. There is no happiness in working for one’s self. Nils, give me somebody and something to work for.
Krogstad.
I cannot believe in all this. It is simply a woman’s romantic craving for self-sacrifice.
Mrs. Linden.
Have you ever found me romantic?