Solness.
But if only you could get to know her thoroughly——! Ah, she is so good—so kind—so excellent a creature——
Hilda.
[Impatiently.] But if she is all that—what made her say that about her duty?
Solness.
Her duty?
Hilda.
She said that she would go out and buy something for me, because it was her duty. Oh I can’t bear that ugly, horrid word!
Solness.
Why not?