Hilda.

[Looks at him with happy, wondering eyes and clasps her hands.] But then, great heavens——!

Solness.

[Eagerly.] What——?

Hilda.

Then I have my kingdom!

Solness.

[Involuntarily.] Hilda——!

Hilda.

[Again with the quivering twitch of her lips.] Almost—I was going to say.