Krogstad.

I know it.

Nora.

Then what do you want here?

Krogstad.

To say a few words to you.

Nora.

To me? [To the children, softly.] Go in to Anna. What? No, the strange man won’t hurt mamma. When he’s gone we’ll go on playing. [She leads the children into the left-hand room, and shuts the door behind them. Uneasy, in suspense.] It is to me you wish to speak?

Krogstad.

Yes, to you.