Tesman.

But how could you do anything so unheard-of? What put it into your head? What possessed you? Answer me that—eh?

Hedda.

[Suppressing an almost imperceptible smile.] I did it for your sake, George.

Tesman.

For my sake!

Hedda.

This morning, when you told me about what he had read to you——

Tesman.

Yes yes—what then?