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——