Good. Then let me tell you that what I said just now was untrue.

Hedda.

About the manuscript?

Lövborg.

Yes. I have not torn it to pieces—nor thrown it into the fiord.

Hedda.

No, no——. But—where is it then?

Lövborg.

I have destroyed it none the less—utterly destroyed it, Hedda!

Hedda.