Krogstad.
[Looking to her searchingly.] Is that what it all means? You want to save your friend at any price. Say it out—is that your idea?
Mrs. Linden.
Nils, a woman who has once sold herself for the sake of others, does not do so again.
Krogstad.
I shall demand my letter back again.
Mrs. Linden.
No, no.
Krogstad.
Yes, of course. I shall wait till Helmer comes; I shall tell him to give it back to me—that it’s only about my dismissal—that I don’t want it read——