No, I haven’t heard a word of it. [Shakes him by the arm.] But, my dear Hialmar, I can’t tell you what pleasure all this gives me—pleasure, and self-reproach. I have perhaps done my father injustice after all—in some things. This proves that he has a heart. It shows a sort of compunction——
Hialmar.
Compunction——?
Gregers.
Yes, yes—whatever you like to call it. Oh, I can’t tell you how glad I am to hear this of father.—So you are a married man, Hialmar! That is further than I shall ever get. Well, I hope you are happy in your married life?
Hialmar.
Yes, thoroughly happy. She is as good and capable a wife as any man could wish for. And she is by no means without culture.
Gregers.
[Rather surprised.] No, of course not.
Hialmar.