Ekdal.

Ho-ho! does she go shooting too, now?

[Hialmar, Gina, and Gregers carry Hedvig into the studio; in her dangling right hand she holds the pistol fast clasped in her fingers.

Hialmar.

[Distracted.] The pistol has gone off. She has wounded herself. Call for help! Help!

Gina.

[Runs into the passage and calls down.] Relling! Relling! Doctor Relling; come up as quick as you can!

[Hialmar and Gregers lay Hedvig down on the sofa.

Ekdal.

[Quietly.] The woods avenge themselves.