Helmer.

But I will believe. Tell me! We must so change that——?

Nora.

That communion between us shall be a marriage. Good-bye.

[She goes out by the hall door.

Helmer.

[Sinks into a chair by the door with his face in his hands.] Nora! Nora! [He looks round and rises.] Empty. She is gone. [A hope springs up in him.] Ah! The miracle of miracles——?!

[From below is heard the reverberation of a heavy door closing.

THE END

GHOSTS
(1881)