Hialmar.
[Starts.] Going blind? That’s strange. He too going blind!
Gina.
Lots of people do.
Mrs. Sörby.
And you can imagine what that means to a business man. Well, I shall try as well as I can to make my eyes take the place of his. But I musn’t stay any longer; I have such heaps of things to do.—Oh, by-the-bye, Ekdal, I was to tell you that if there is anything Werle can do for you, you must just apply to Gråberg.
Gregers.
That offer I am sure Hialmar Ekdal will decline with thanks.
Mrs. Sörby.
Indeed? I don’t think he used to be so——