But you succeeded all the same.
Solness.
Yes, thanks to the fire. I laid out almost the whole of the garden in villa lots; and there I was able to build after my own heart. So I came to the front with a rush.
Hilda.
[Looks keenly at him.] You must surely be a very happy man, as matters stand with you.
Solness.
[Gloomily.] Happy? Do you say that, too—like all the rest of them?
Hilda.
Yes, I should say you must be. If you could only cease thinking about the two little children——
Solness.