Hedda.

No—because there is always some one standing by to——

Brack.

[Laughing.] To look at your ankles, do you mean?

Hedda.

Precisely.

Brack.

Well but, dear me——

Hedda.

[With a gesture of repulsion.] I won’t have it. I would rather keep my seat where I happen to be—and continue the tête-à-tête.