[Eagerly.] Is Mr. Alving ill?
Oswald.
[Impatiently.] Oh, do shut all the doors! This killing dread——
Mrs. Alving.
Close the doors, Regina.
[Regina shuts them and remains standing by the hall door. Mrs. Alving takes her shawl off. Regina does the same. Mrs. Alving draws a chair across to Oswald’s, and sits by him.
Mrs. Alving.
There now! I am going to sit beside you——
Oswald.
Yes, do. And Regina shall stay here too. Regina shall be with me always. You will come to the rescue, Regina, won’t you?