[Slowly.] The two little children—they are not so easy to forget, Hilda.
Hilda.
[Somewhat uncertainly.] Do you still feel their loss so much—after all these years?
Solness.
[Looks fixedly at her, without replying.] A happy man you said——
Hilda.
Well, now, are you not happy—in other respects?
Solness.
[Continues to look at her.] When I told you all this about the fire—h’m——
Hilda.