Hedda.
[Looks frightened at him.] And if you do not say nothing,—what then?
Brack.
[Shrugs his shoulders.] There is always the possibility that the pistol was stolen.
Hedda.
[Firmly.] Death rather than that.
Brack.
[Smiling.] People say such things—but they don’t do them.
Hedda.
[Without replying.] And supposing the pistol was not stolen, and the owner is discovered? What then?