Lyngstrand.

No; a man has his vocation to live for, you know. And that is what makes a man so strong and resolute, Miss Wangel. He has his life-work.

Boletta.

Every man?

Lyngstrand.

Oh no. I was thinking mainly of artists.

Boletta.

Do you think it right for an artist to marry?

Lyngstrand.

Most certainly; if he can find some one he really loves——