Oh, one soon makes friends with sick folk; and it’s such an absolute necessity for me to have some one to live for. Well, heaven be praised, there may soon be something in this house, too, to keep an old aunt busy.
Hedda.
Oh, don’t trouble about anything here.
Tesman.
Yes, just fancy what a nice time we three might have together, if——?
Hedda.
If——?
Tesman.
[Uneasily.] Oh, nothing. It will all come right. Let us hope so—eh?
Miss Tesman.