Do you think the two things are related?
Relling.
Yes, just about as closely as typhus and putrid fever.
Gregers.
Dr. Relling, I shall not give up the struggle until I have rescued Hialmar from your clutches!
Relling.
So much the worse for him. Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke. [To Hedvig, who comes in from the sitting-room.] Well, little wild-duck-mother, I'm just going down to see whether papa is still lying meditating upon that wonderful invention of his.
[Goes out by the passage door.
Gregers.
[Approaches Hedvig.] I can see by your face that you have not yet done it.