Ellida.
[Holds out her hand to Arnholm.] So you have really come then? Welcome! And forgive my not being at home——
Arnholm.
Oh, don’t mention it. Pray don’t stand on ceremony——
Wangel.
Was the water nice and cool to-day?
Ellida.
Cool! Why, the water never is cool here—so tepid and flat. Pah! the water is sickly in here in the fiords.
Arnholm.
Sickly?