Hedda.

Don’t scream so. The servant might hear you.

Tesman.

Burnt! Why, good God——! No, no, no! It’s impossible!

Hedda.

It is so, nevertheless.

Tesman.

Do you know what you have done, Hedda? It’s unlawful appropriation of lost property. Fancy that! Just ask Judge Brack, and he’ll tell you what it is.

Hedda.

I advise you not to speak of it—either to Judge Brack, or to any one else.