Gina.
Oh, you might have done it.
Hialmar.
No; one mustn’t be at everybody’s beck and call. [Walks about the room.] That’s not my way, at any rate.
Ekdal.
No no; Hialmar’s not to be had for the asking, he isn’t.
Hialmar.
I don’t see why I should bother myself to entertain people on the rare occasions when I go into society. Let the others exert themselves. These fellows go from one great dinner-table to the next and gorge and guzzle day out and day in. It’s for them to bestir themselves and do something in return for all the good feeding they get.
Gina.
But you didn’t say that?