Hedvig.
I'm longing for father to come home. He promised to ask Mrs. Sörby for something nice for me.
Gina.
Yes, there’s plenty of good things going in that house, I can tell you.
Hedvig.
[Goes on drawing.] And I believe I'm a little hungry too.
[Old Ekdal, with the paper parcel under his arm and another parcel in his coat pocket, comes in by the entrance door.
Gina.
How late you are to-day, grandfather!
Ekdal.