[Sits down by the table.] What was it you meant—that I musn’t deny you?

Oswald.

[Busy opening the bottle.] First let us have a glass—or two.

[The cork pops; he pours wine into one glass, and is about to pour it into the other.

Mrs. Alving.

[Holding her hand over it.] Thanks; not for me.

Oswald.

Oh! won’t you? Then I will!

[He empties the glass, fills, and empties it again; then he sits down by the table.

Mrs. Alving.