You should have tied a knot in your pocket-handkerchief, Mr. Solness.
Solness.
In that case, I should simply have had to go racking my brains to discover what the knot could mean.
Hilda.
Oh yes, I suppose there are trolls of that kind in the world, too.
Solness.
[Rises slowly.] What a good thing it is that you have come to me now.
Hilda.
[Looks deeply into his eyes.] Is it a good thing!
Solness.