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.