Mad? What makes you think such a thing?

Hilda.

Oh, there would be nothing so wonderful about it. Didn’t her mother go mad? She died mad, I know.

Boletta.

Yes, I should like to know what you don’t poke your nose into. All I say is, don’t go chattering about it. Be good now—for father’s sake. Do you hear, Hilda?

[Wangel, Ellida, Arnholm, and Lyngstrand come up from the right.

Ellida.

[Points away towards the background.] It lies out there.

Arnholm.

Yes, of course; it must be in that direction.