Hovstad.
Yes, Petra—Miss Petra.
Petra.
So that is your chief thought, is it? Not the cause itself? Not the truth? Not father’s great, warm heart?
Hovstad.
Oh, that too, of course.
Petra.
No, thank you; you said too much that time, Mr. Hovstad. Now I shall never trust you again, in anything.
Hovstad.
Can you be so hard on me because it’s mainly for your sake——?