Very well.

Solness.

And go home at once to your father.

Ragnar.

Yes, I suppose I must.

Solness.

[As if in desperation.] Ragnar—you must not ask me to do what is beyond my power! Do you hear, Ragnar? You must not!

Ragnar.

No, no. I beg your pardon——

[He bows, and goes out by the corner door. Hilda goes over and sits down on a chair near the mirror.