Boletta.

Yes, I have. [Shakes her head.] But nothing will ever come of this, all the same.

Lyngstrand.

Yes, Miss Boletta, this at least will come of it, that I shall make the easier and quicker progress with my group.

Boletta.

Do you think so?

Lyngstrand.

Yes, I feel it within me. And I think it will be stimulating for you too,—here in this out-of-the-way place—to know that you are, as it were, helping me to create.

Boletta.

[Looks at him.] Well—but you, on your side?