I will have it settled, I say! And to-morrow too—not a day later!

Kaia.

[Terrified.] If there’s nothing else for it, I am quite willing to break off the engagement.

Solness.

[Angrily.] Break it off. Are you mad? Would you think of breaking it off?

Kaia.

[Distracted.] Yes, if necessary. For I must—I must stay here with you! I can’t leave you! That is utterly—utterly impossible!

Solness.

[With a sudden outburst.] But deuce take it—how about Ragnar then! It’s Ragnar that I——

Kaia.