[Looks attentively at him.] You are ill, Mr. Solness. Very ill, I almost think.

Solness.

Say mad; for that is what you mean.

Hilda.

No, I don’t think there is much amiss with your intellect.

Solness.

With what then? Out with it!

Hilda.

I wonder whether you were not sent into the world with a sickly conscience.

Solness.