Tesman.

Fancy—isn’t that good news! A man of such extraordinary talents——. I felt so grieved to think that he had gone irretrievably to ruin.

Brack.

That was what everybody thought.

Tesman.

But I cannot imagine what he will take to now! How in the world will he be able to make his living? Eh?

[During the last words, Hedda has entered by the hall door.

Hedda.

[To Brack, laughing with a touch of scorn.] Tesman is for ever worrying about how people are to make their living.

Tesman.