Hilda.
[Without answering him.] You didn’t call me a little devil then?
Solness.
No, I suppose I did not.
Hilda.
You said I was lovely in my white dress, and that I looked like a little princess.
Solness.
I have no doubt you did, Miss Wangel.—And besides—I was feeling so buoyant and free that day——
Hilda.
And then you said that when I grew up I should be your princess.