Not at once; at first your father took her home. But she wouldn’t thrive there; so Pettersen was told to put an end to her——
Ekdal.
[Half asleep.] H'm—yes—Pettersen—that ass——
Hialmar.
[Speaking more softly.] That was how we got her, you see; for father knows Pettersen a little; and when he heard about the wild duck he got him to hand her over to us.
Gregers.
And now she thrives as well as possible in the garret there?
Hialmar.
Yes, wonderfully well. She has got fat. You see, she has lived in there so long now that she has forgotten her natural wild life; and it all depends on that.
Gregers.