Arnholm and Boletta enter from the left along the footpath outside the garden fence.
Boletta.
[To those in the garden.] Come and look! The English steamer is going up the fiord.
[A large steamer glides slowly past at some distance.
Lyngstrand.
[To Hilda, near the garden fence.] I am sure he will come down upon her to-night.
Hilda.
[Nods.] Upon his faithless wife—yes.
Lyngstrand.
Fancy,—just at midnight.