Krogstad.
I shall wait for you in the street.
Mrs. Linden.
Yes, do; you must see me home.
Krogstad.
I never was so happy in all my life!
[Krogstad goes out by the outer door. The door between the room and the hall remains open.
Mrs. Linden.
[Arranging the room and getting her outdoor things together.] What a change! What a change! To have some one to work for, to live for; a home to make happy! Well, it shall not be my fault if I fail.—I wish they would come.—[Listens.] Ah, here they are! I must get my things on.
[Takes bonnet and cloak. Helmer’s and Nora’s voices are heard outside, a key is turned in the lock, and Helmer drags Nora almost by force into the hall. She wears the Italian costume with a large black shawl over it. He is in evening dress and wears a black domino, open.