Gregers.
I have had a delightfully lonely time of it—plenty of leisure to think and think about things. Come over here; we may as well make ourselves comfortable.
[He seats himself in an arm-chair by the fire and draws Hialmar down into another alongside of it.
Hialmar.
[Sentimentally.] After all, Gregers, I thank you for inviting me to your father’s table; for I take it as a sign that you have got over your feeling against me.
Gregers.
[Surprised.] How could you imagine I had any feeling against you?
Hialmar.
You had at first, you know.
Gregers.