Relling.

[To Hialmar.] Let us drain a glass to the old hunter.

Hialmar.

[Clinks glasses with him.] To the undaunted sportsman who has looked death in the face!

Relling.

To the grey-haired—— [Drinks.] By-the-bye, is his hair grey or white?

Hialmar.

Something between the two, I fancy; for that matter, he has very few hairs left of any colour.

Relling.

Well well, one can get through the world with a wig. After all, you are a happy man, Ekdal; you have your noble mission to labour for——