Hilda.

No, never! I have given it up. For it all seems so irrelevant.

Solness.

That is just my feeling.

[Hilda wanders about a little, stops at the small table, opens the portfolio and turns over the contents.

Hilda.

Are all these drawings yours?

Solness.

No, they are drawn by a young man whom I employ to help me.

Hilda.