[Eagerly.] Well?

Hedda.

The fact that I dared not shoot you down——

Lövborg.

Yes!

Hedda.

——that was not my most arrant cowardice—that evening.

Lövborg.

[Looks at her a moment, understands, and whispers passionately.] Oh, Hedda! Hedda Gabler! Now I begin to see a hidden reason beneath our comradeship! You[[23]] and I——! After all, then, it was your craving for life——

Hedda.