Lyngstrand.
Yes. I very often think about things of that sort; and particularly about marriage. And then I have read a good deal on the subject too. I think marriage may be counted a sort of miracle: the woman is transformed, as it were, by degrees, and comes to resemble her husband.
Boletta.
Acquires his interests, you mean?
Lyngstrand.
Yes, that’s just it!
Boletta.
Well, but what about his abilities?—his talent and skill?
Lyngstrand.
H’m—well—I wonder whether they, too, wouldn’t——