[Behind the easy-chair.] You are not really happy—that is at the bottom of it.

Hedda.

[Looking straight before her.] I know of no reason why I should be—happy. Perhaps you can give me one?

Brack.

Well—amongst other things, because you have got exactly the home you had set your heart on.

Hedda.

[Looks up at him and laughs.] Do you too believe in that legend?

Brack.

Is there nothing in it, then?

Hedda.