No more I do. But it’s so tempting to me——
Boletta.
What is?
Hilda.
To look at him, and get him to say that it’s not serious, and that he’s going abroad and going to be an artist. He’s perfectly convinced of all that, and as happy as possible about it. And to know that nothing will come of it after all; nothing whatever; that he won’t live long enough——I find that so thrilling to think of.
Boletta.
Thrilling!
Hilda.
Yes. I find it thrilling—I take that liberty.
Boletta.