What is it?

Tesman.

If you could only prevail on yourself to say du[[15]] to her. For my sake, Hedda? Eh?

Hedda.

No no, Tesman—you really mustn’t ask that of me. I have told you so already. I shall try to call her “Aunt”; and you must be satisfied with that.

Tesman.

Well well. Only I think now that you belong to the family, you——

Hedda.

H’m—I can’t in the least see why——

[She goes up towards the middle doorway.