Any tie? No, none.

Arnholm.

None at all?

Boletta.

No, none whatever. That is,—of course father is a tie—in a way. And Hilda too. But——

Arnholm.

Well—your father you will have to leave sooner or later; and Hilda too will one day take her own path in life; that is only a question of time. But otherwise there is nothing to bind you, Boletta? No engagement of any sort?

Boletta.

No, nothing of the kind. So far as that is concerned, I can quite well go wherever I please.

Arnholm.