To go and destroy what has filled her whole soul for months and years! You do not call that heartless!
Lövborg.
To you I can tell the truth, Hedda.
Hedda.
The truth?
Lövborg.
First promise me—give me your word—that what I now confide to you Thea shall never know.
Hedda.
I give you my word.
Lövborg.