Mrs. Elvsted.

[Breathing heavily.] It is all over then. Well well, now I will go, Hedda.

Hedda.

But you are not going away from town?

Mrs. Elvsted.

Oh, I don’t know what I shall do. I see nothing but darkness before me.

[She goes out by the hall door.

Hedda.

[Stands waiting for a moment.] So you are not going to see her home, Mr. Lövborg?

Lövborg.