[Agitated.] What can be the matter? What is it, Mrs. Alving?

Mrs. Alving.

[Hoarsely.] Ghosts! The couple from the conservatory—risen again!

Manders.

Is it possible! Regina——? Is she——?

Mrs. Alving.

Yes. Come. Not a word——!

[She seizes Pastor Manders by the arm, and walks unsteadily towards the dining-room.

ACT SECOND.

The same room. The mist still lies heavy over the landscape.