[Helmer sits at the other side of the table.

Helmer.

You alarm me, Nora. I don’t understand you.

Nora.

No, that is just it. You don’t understand me; and I have never understood you—till to-night. No, don’t interrupt. Only listen to what I say.—We must come to a final settlement, Torvald.

Helmer.

How do you mean?

Nora.

[After a short silence.] Does not one thing strike you as we sit here?

Helmer.