[Rising.] No one has come.

Hedda.

Think of our watching and waiting here till four in the morning——

Mrs. Elvsted.

[Wringing her hands.] And how I watched and waited for him!

Hedda.

[Yawns, and says with her hand before her mouth.] Well well—we might have spared ourselves the trouble.

Mrs. Elvsted.

Did you get a little sleep?

Hedda.