Devil a bit of a spiritual tumult have I noticed in him.

Gregers.

What! Not at such a crisis, when his whole life has been placed on a new foundation——? How can you think that such an individuality as Hialmar’s——?

Relling.

Oh, individuality—he! If he ever had any tendency to the abnormal developments you call individuality, I can assure you it was rooted out of him while he was still in his teens.

Gregers.

That would be strange indeed,—considering the loving care with which he was brought up.

Relling.

By those two high-flown, hysterical maiden aunts, you mean?

Gregers.