Molvik.
[Stretches out his arms and mumbles.] Blessed be the Lord; to earth thou shalt return; to earth thou shalt return——
Relling.
[Whispers.] Hold your tongue, you fool; you’re drunk.
[Hialmar and Gina carry the body out through the kitchen door. Relling shuts it after them. Molvik slinks out into the passage.
Relling.
[Goes over to Gregers and says:] No one shall ever convince me that the pistol went off by accident.
Gregers.
[Who has stood terrified, with convulsive twitchings.] Who can say how the dreadful thing happened?
Relling.