No, no; I am sure it was of him they were talking. And I heard something about the hospital or——

Tesman.

The hospital?

Hedda.

No—surely that cannot be!

Mrs. Elvsted.

Oh, I was in such mortal terror! I went to his lodgings and asked for him there.

Hedda.

You could make up your mind to that, Thea!

Mrs. Elvsted.