For if I——
Manders.
Will you be so good as to tell your mistress I am here?
Regina.
I will, at once, sir. [She goes out to the left.
Manders.
[Paces the room two or three times, stands a moment in the background with his hands behind his back, and looks out over the garden. Then he returns to the table, takes up a book, and looks at the title-page; starts, and looks at several books.] Ha—indeed!
Mrs. Alving enters by the door on the left; she is followed by Regina, who immediately goes out by the first door on the right.
Mrs. Alving.
[Holds out her hand.] Welcome, my dear Pastor.