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.