Ekdal.
[Nodding.] Hear that, Gina! Chamberlains every one of them!
Gina.
Yes, I hear as they’re terrible genteel in that house nowadays.
Hedvig.
Did the Chamberlains sing, father? Or did they read aloud?
Hialmar.
No, they only talked nonsense. They wanted me to recite something for them; but I knew better than that.
Ekdal.
You weren’t to be persuaded, eh?