Hialmar.

Yes, come in.

Gregers.

[Comes forward, his face beaming with satisfaction, and holds out both his hands to them.] Well, dear friends——! [Looks from one to the other, and whispers to Hialmar.] Have you not done it yet?

Hialmar.

[Aloud.] It is done.

Gregers.

It is?

Hialmar.

I have passed through the bitterest moments of my life.