Gregers.
To be sure; and I suppose the studio is your wife’s special department?
Hialmar.
As a rule, I leave the everyday details of business to her; for then I can take refuge in the parlour and give my mind to more important things.
Gregers.
What things may they be, Hialmar?
Hialmar.
I wonder you have not asked that question sooner. But perhaps you haven’t heard of the invention?
Gregers.
The invention? No.